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CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish U.S. Midwest weather story not over

Jun. 19, 2019 at 5:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may have run into some profit-taking resistance, but underlying concerns over wet fields and lost acres should keep the general uptrend in place heading through the summer. “I don’t think this weather story is anywhere near over,” said […]

U.S. grains: Corn down second session after five-year high

Jun. 19, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

Jun. 18, 2019 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn sets five-year high, soybeans up on poor weather

Jun. 17, 2019 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn reaches five-year high on crop uncertainty, firm cash

Jun. 14, 2019 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn nears four-year high

Jun. 13, 2019 at 7:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures neared a four-year high on Thursday, buoyed by worries about yield prospects for the delayed crop and firm cash markets, analysts said. Soybeans also advanced as weather worries threatened to curtail U.S. production of the oilseed, and wheat futures followed the firm trend. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rally as rains threaten more planting problems

Jun. 12, 2019 at 3:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped to their highest levels in more than a week on Wednesday as rains threatened to further delay corn and soy plantings and put crop yields at risk. The gains came a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on […]

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-week high as USDA cuts yield more than expected

Jun. 11, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a bigger-than-expected cut to its yield estimate due to unprecedented planting delays this spring. USDA, in a monthly report, slashed its corn yield projection by 10 bushels an acre […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn seesaws, soy rises on planting uncertainty

Jun. 10, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures veered between gains and losses while soybean futures rose on Monday as planting delays fueled uncertainty over the size of the nation’s crops. Heavy rains delayed plantings the spring and traders remain unsure about how many acres of corn and soy will actually […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Jun. 7, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures notched a fourth weekly gain on Friday — even after closing the day down 1.27 per cent — as lack of rain in Russia raised concerns over reduced yields in the world’s top exporter of the grain. Support also came […]

By P.J. Huffstutter