The day after the so-called 'Liberation Day' the Chicago Board of Trade was experiencing a mixed reaction, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.
CBOT Weekly: Soy takes hardest hit with Trump tariffs
Biodiesel plan boosted Chicago soy
More corn to be seeded, USDA forecasts
As expected, there's to be an increase in corn plantings this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated in its prospective planting report released on March 31. As well, the USDA reduced soybean and all wheat plantings.
CBOT Weekly: USDA plantings, stocks reports out March 31
Corn should be the winner in both reports
March 31 will be a busy day in the commodities market with the United States Department of Agriculture scheduled to release two major reports. At 11 am CDT on that Monday, the USDA will issue its grain stocks as of March 1 report along with its prospective plantings estimates for this spring.
Brazil continuing to expand its soybeans
Attache calls for record output, exports
With Brazil's planted and harvest soybean area to expand by 900,000 hectares in 2026, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché; in Brasilia forecast production to increase 3.50 million tonnes at record 173 million.
CBOT Weekly: Weather takes some attention off of tariffs
Forecasts, soil conditions affect prices
Weather and soil conditions have taken some of the focus off of tariffs at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended March 19, 2025.
U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions
Chicago wheat futures traded both sides of unchanged on Tuesday, holding near a March high underpinned by concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Traders also awaited the outcome of a call between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine.
Pulse Weekly: Manitoba conditions on the right track
MPSG executive director more worried about tariffs than growing conditions
With six weeks left until the start of seeding, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said there are no "red flags" to be seen in current conditions.
Higher Argentine soybean exports says USDA attaché
Changes to export tax spurs exports
Some adjustments to Argentine soybeans were made by the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires. While the USDA and its attaché agreed Argentina's soybean harvest for the 2024/25 marketing year is to be 49 million tonnes, the two differed on other categories. The report was issued during the week of March 10.
CBOT Weekly: Prices expected to slowly recover
Unless tariffs throw a wrench into things
Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to slowly recover by the end of March, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. However, the tariff policies of the Trump administration could easily redirect that trend.
U.S. wheat sees most notable changes in March S/D report
No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.
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