MarketsFarm – A pair of announcements affected the Chicago Board of Trade by different magnitudes on Nov. 2. Four days after Russian officials said the country was pulling out of an agreement to allow Ukrainian grain shipments on the Black Sea, the Russian government announced on Nov. 2 it changed its mind and will re-enter […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Russian flip-flop upsets markets, little change after Fed announcement
CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighing effects of international events
MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader though, conditions closer to home will have a greater effect. Corn and wheat prices took a hit on August 1 when Ukraine’s first grain vessel […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, Ukrainian grain affecting prices
MarketsFarm – Weather-related concerns and questions whether Ukrainian grain will be exported or not were front and centre for traders on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 26. Ryan Ettner, a broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill., said forecasts calling for a heat wave in much of the United States […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Fears over soy scarcity now gone
MarketsFarm – Soyoil prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have been tumbling of late largely due to the markets no longer being afraid of already tight global supplies becoming scarcer, according to Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago, Ill. Lush explained that the South American soybean crop wasn’t as bountiful […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: All quiet on the CBOT front
MarketsFarm – The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is typically a time for the markets to slow down, and at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), that’s certainly the case. At approximately 10:50 a.m. CST, the volumes for both the highly-traded March corn and soybean contracts did not exceed 78,000, while a typical […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: USDA forecast depends on ‘a lot of moving parts’
MarketsFarm – Analysts are finding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2021-22 monthly crop estimates, which will be released on Aug. 12, to be very hard to predict. “It seems to me that the range for corn guesses are way, way wider than what we’re getting for new crop beans,” said Sean Lusk, vice-president […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates
MarketsFarm – Traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are positioning themselves ahead of the United States Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop estimates to be released on Aug. 12. Estimates from private firms and speculation over how accurate they will be compared to the USDA’s are making their mark on the markets. “I think […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: More information needed for wheat, soybeans
MarketsFarm – As a spring wheat tour of the Northern Plains of the United States wraps up, grain traders are awaiting the results with great interest. “That has wheat excited all over again, because (traders are) already well aware yields are going to be quite low,” said Ryan Ettner, broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Large corn, soybean crops expected
MarketsFarm – The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) continues to watch growing conditions in key regions of the United States, as record yields are expected for corn crops. “Corn is pretty much made,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago, Ill. “Conditions have improved significantly, and nobody sees any major problems.” Trade participants expect […] Read more
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