Insights and Stories on Ukraine

Apr. 1, 2022 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While peace prospects in Ukraine brought pressure onto wheat futures early on, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report caused the prices for two major western Canadian wheat varieties to close at different levels for the week ended Thursday. On the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), wheat futures declined […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Mar. 31, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in a month on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected farmers would plant the most acres on record to the oilseed this spring while reducing corn acres. Corn futures rose on the acreage outlook, with the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Mar. 30, 2022 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday along with corn and soybeans on renewed concerns about the Ukraine war that has disrupted grain shipments from the Black Sea region, analysts said. However, trade was muted somewhat as brokers awaited U.S. plantings and quarterly stocks figures due out […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Mar. 29, 2022 at 7:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday with the benchmark June contract hitting a four-week top, led by a surge in feeder cattle futures and optimism about consumer demand for beef, traders said. CME June live cattle settled up 1.7 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Mar. 29, 2022 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell four per cent and corn fell nearly three per cent on Tuesday as comments by Russia and Ukraine following negotiations in Turkey raised hopes of a ceasefire in a conflict that has disrupted massive grain exports through the Black Sea region. However, […]

By Julie Ingwersen