MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily during the week ended Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier Wednesday that the central bank’s policy rate will remain within 5.25 and 5.5 per […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets
U.S. Fed decision 'pretty much factored in'
U.S. grains: South America rains push soy futures down
Wheat, corn futures also drop
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined about one per cent on Monday on profit-taking and pressure from beneficial rains over the last few days in South American crop areas, offsetting a weather premium that had been building for the oilseed crop. Corn and wheat futures also fell. Benchmark January soybeans on the Chicago […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans hold firm with harvest, domestic demand in focus
Corn eases as harvest watched, wheat retreats from two-week high
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures firmed for a second straight session on Tuesday amid thin technical trading, as strong domestic demand eased concerns about supplies growing as the U.S. harvest continued. Corn inched down while traders monitored the U.S. harvest progress, as investors watched Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bullishly to USDA report
Corn, soy production estimates revised lower
MarketsFarm — Most of the October world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) released Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) came out lower than trade expectations, causing price jumps on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “Many people were not expecting a major (average) yield change,” Ryan Ettner, trader for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago soy touches 22-month low ahead of USDA report
CBOT wheat also lower; corn firm
New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures fell on Wednesday, and corn futures firmed as the markets turned their attention to widely-followed U.S. government crop forecasts. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropped 19 cents, about 1.5 per cent, to settle at $12.52-1/2 a bushel (all figures […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans lifted by bright report on export demand
CBOT wheat down sharply, corn also lower
New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding sharply from early losses on lift from technical trading and data showing a pickup in exports of the U.S. oilseeds. Corn prices weakened, and wheat futures fell sharply. The most-actively traded Chicago Board of Trade soybean contract rose 0.6 per cent to $12.71-1/2 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans firm, risk aversion caps gains
Corn and wheat drop, export data eyed
Reuters — Chicago soybean futures edged up on Wednesday, as a declining U.S. dollar lifted the oilseeds at one point nearly one per cent before risk aversion pushed prices back toward their opening levels. Wheat declined and corn was squeezed between them in what one strategist called a seasonal “bottoming formation” for the U.S. agriculture […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up off three-year low after steep sell-off
CBOT corn rises, soybeans flat as Brazil plantings race forward
Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Monday on what one analyst characterized as “bottom-picking” after prices dropped more than six per cent to three-year lows on Friday. Corn followed wheat higher, but soybeans prices remained low after news reports of Brazilian farmers planting at a rapid clip. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) late […] Read more
U.S. stocks data bearish for soybeans, bullish on corn
MarketsFarm — The U.S. corn carryout for the 2022-23 crop year came in below average trade guesses while soybean supplies were above expectations, according to the quarterly stocks report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Friday. There were 1.36 billion bushels of corn in storage in the country as of Sept. 1, which was […] Read more
U.S. wheat, barley production increases in 2023
MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its small grains 2023 summary on Friday, showing a 10 per cent increase in all wheat production in 2023 of 1.81 billion bushels. While oat production dipped one per cent at 57 million bushels, barley output rose six per cent at 185 million. U.S. wheat in 2023 […] Read more