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The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather the key for soybeans, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell off nearby highs over the past week, with shifting weather forecasts directing the flow of money in the markets. “Ninety per cent of our price influence in a supply-side driven market during the growing season will be weather,” said analyst Sean Lusk […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest activity drops commodities

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm October 23, 2019

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade were mostly lower Wednesday amid a slower news week and harvest activity putting pressure on prices. “We’ve had a quieter week,” said Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. “The market starts to fall of its own weight as we’re in harvest season.” Harvest activity, […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally after finding technical support

By Mark Weinraub October 8, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding from weakness in the overnight session after finding technical support, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gain, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract rising 2.3 per cent. The contract rebounded from early weakness after finding […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans retreat off highs

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm October 2, 2019

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade have backed off of highs hit earlier in the week. That’s due mainly to harvest activity putting pressure on prices, according to Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Illinois. Corn crops across the U.S. are currently only 11 per cent harvested, […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn extends slide on crop prospects

By Julie Ingwersen September 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago corn futures fell for a third straight session on Wednesday, setting life-of-contract lows as improving crop ratings and benign weather forecasts raised confidence in U.S. harvest prospects, traders said. Wheat rose, with benchmark Chicago wheat rebounding from a three-month low set a day earlier and K.C. and Minneapolis hard wheat […] Read more

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StatsCan confirms smaller canola crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s first production estimates for the 2019-20 crop, released Wednesday, were generally in line with expectations, although upward revisions are likely in subsequent reports. The agency’s production of principal field crops report was “bang on with expectations across the board,” according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. While both the […] Read more

USDA’s main home page on Jan. 11, 2019. (GFM Staff photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

By P.j. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek January 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a slew of key farm reports would not be released on Friday due to the partial government shutdown, the phones at crop forecaster Gro Intelligence blew up. The USDA was set to release its views on the projected size of U.S. soybean stockpiles, among […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

By Julie Ingwersen January 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. New release dates for the monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report and other data originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 11, will be […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sags on long liquidation, favourable crop conditions

By Julie Ingwersen June 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Friday on technical selling including fund-driven long liquidation along with strong crop prospects amid mostly favourable weather in the U.S. Midwest, analysts said. Wheat futures also declined as the U.S. winter wheat harvest began while soybeans closed firm as traders awaited news from U.S.-China trade talks […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Weather the key for soybeans, corn

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest activity drops commodities

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally after finding technical support

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans retreat off highs

U.S. grains: Corn extends slide on crop prospects

StatsCan confirms smaller canola crop

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

U.S. grains: Corn sags on long liquidation, favourable crop conditions

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