Reading Time: 1 minute Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures turned higher Wednesday, and wheat and soy closed down, as technical trading and investor unease about the economy roiled agricultural commodity markets. Investors scrambled to liquidate long positions, traders said, even before the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and indicated […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn turns higher
CBOT soy, wheat fall on long liquidation
U.S. grains: Chicago soy closes lower
Brazil production, Fed in focus for soy; wheat, corn still capped by Black Sea deal extension
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago soy futures reversed gains to close lower on Tuesday, pushed down by rising estimates of Brazilian production, while corn and wheat dipped as markets kept a cautious eye on an expected Federal Reserve rate hike. Wheat and corn continue to be capped by the extension of a Black Sea export corridor from […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy closes higher on rising crude oil, stocks values
Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for at least 60 days
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soy futures rallied from a three-month low to close higher on Monday, catching a tailwind from U.S. stocks reassured by the announcement that UBS agreed to buy battered rival Credit Suisse, analysts said. Gains in oil prices also pushed up soybeans, which are used in ethanol […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago grains end week higher on export demand, Black Sea jitters
Soy pushed down for fifth consecutive week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures posted weekly gains for the first time in five weeks, ending stronger on Friday on high demand for U.S. corn exports and market jitters over the extension of a wartime Black Sea grain deal. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red winter wheat settled up 11-1/2 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn closes higher on consecutive China flash sales
Argentina slashes estimate for 2022-23 harvesting season
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ended higher for a third straight session on Thursday on U.S. export demand, while wheat lost ground as the United Nations pushed for an extension of the Black Sea grains deal, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made its third consecutive announcement of old-crop U.S. corn sales […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn up on Chinese demand, Black Sea outlook
Soy dips on sharp fall in stock, oil markets pressure
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures closed higher on Wednesday on strong demand from China and uncertainty over a Black Sea grain export deal as a deadline loomed. Soybeans followed stock and oil markets down after Credit Suisse’s largest investor said it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip
Market volatility over banking sector hits grains prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grains see-sawed on Monday, piggybacking on U.S. stocks that were spooked by global economic concerns after the tech-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. The most-active corn and soybean contracts closed weaker, while wheat rebounded slightly after finishing last week at a 20-month low. Grains prices gyrated throughout the day as […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows
Expectations grow for Black Sea deal extension
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. government estimate for corn export […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn dampened by prediction of El Nino rain
Black Sea export deal hopes drag wheat to 18-month low
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures hit their lowest price since August on Thursday on expectations that the El Nino climate phenomenon could boost U.S. crops and concerns about rising interest rates. La Nina has ended, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, and El Niño could possibly form during summer […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat at 18-month low on Black Sea deal hope
Soybeans boosted by slash to Argentina harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures on Wednesday fell to their lowest point in 18 months on expectations for a Black Sea grains deal and continued poor demand for U.S. exports. “Wheat was down most of the day, initially on talk of corridor extension talks, then off a lackluster WASDE report,” Charlie Sernatinger of […] Read more
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