Insights and Stories on Yields

Sep. 11, 2020 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures on Friday rallied to their highest since June 2018 as traders projected an increase in the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast for exports with a further cut in domestic production. Corn futures reached a six-month high, while wheat futures fell […]

By Tom Polansek

Aug. 20, 2020 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Scouts on an annual U.S. Midwest crop tour continued to see fields battered by an Aug. 10 derecho storm in central Iowa on Thursday, with corn stalks snapped and ears littering the ground due to the hurricane-like winds. In Iowa, crop prospects swung wildly from field […]

By Julie Ingwersen, P.J. Huffstutter

Aug. 12, 2020 at 4:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There were marked increases in yields for U.S. corn and soybeans that bested market expectations in the supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Despite those increases, corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) didn’t react as anticipated. “We’re getting […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Market expectations ahead of a crop production report due out Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are for increases in U.S. soybean and corn yields. “I get the sense the trade is looking for the USDA to up corn yields by 1.9 bushels per acre, to 180.4 […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:51 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers are on track to harvest a record-large all-wheat crop, and more canola than last year, due mainly to favourable crop conditions, advisory service FarmLink Marketing Solutions estimated Wednesday. The Winnipeg-based company’s staff toured western Canadian fields during the last two weeks of July. “We […]

By Reuters