CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up; soy down

'Panic... seems to have subsided a bit'

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday after posting sharp declines in the previous two sessions as traders assessed the latest developments in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that has disrupted grain shipments. Trading in wheat remained volatile as market participants wrestled with the possible extent of disruption of wheat from Ukraine and […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report influences steep drop in wheat

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Of the changes to 2021-22 ending stocks in the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday, the global carryover for wheat was perhaps the most significant, according to Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. In its March world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE), […] Read more


CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with K.C. May 2022 wheat (yellow O/H/L/C) and MGEX May 2022 wheat (orange O/H/L/C). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans touch nine-year peaks

Concerns about disrupted Black Sea region exports lift markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a more than nine-year peak on Wednesday and corn notched a fresh eight-month high as escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions threatened to disrupt supplies from the key Black Sea grain-exporting region. Soybean futures rallied to a 9-1/2 year peak as the conflict also put Black Sea sunflower oil […] Read more

CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, light green and black lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend winning streak

CBOT wheat ends mixed

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures rose for the third day in a row on Friday on concerns about harvests in Brazil and Argentina limiting production. Wheat futures were mixed, with concerns about potential Russian aggression against Ukraine disrupting the shipment of wheat from the key export region sending […] Read more


CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Chicago wheat futures flat

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be insufficient to avert further drought damage to crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. “It is the size of the crop in South America that will […] Read more

CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy, corn end lower in volatile sell-off

Wheat down off early strength

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed lower on Thursday after a wild session, retreating after a run-up to multi-month highs as a wave of profit-taking and farmer selling overshadowed support from shrinking estimates of South American crops due to drought, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans settled down 20-1/2 […] Read more


A drought-hit cornfield at Nao-Me-Toque in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state on Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)

CBOT weekly outlook: More adjustments expected after lacklustre USDA report

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday included only minor revisions, with the lacklustre report doing little to move the market. While South American production numbers were revised lower, further downward revisions are likely in subsequent reports, according to a market analyst. “We were a little surprised the USDA […] Read more

CBOT March 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures set eight-month highs

USDA lowers South America corn, soy crop estimates

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean and corn futures set eight-month highs on Wednesday on concerns about the risk for more unfavorable crop weather in drought-stressed growing areas of South America, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly crop report, pegged Brazil’s soy crop at 134 million tonnes, […] Read more


CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip ahead of USDA report

Wheat underpinned by U.S. dryness

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean prices fell on Tuesday, a day after hitting an eight-month high, ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly global supply and demand assessment that is expected to downgrade South American crop production. Corn also eased, while wheat firmed, underpinned by ongoing dryness across the U.S. southern Plains. The Chicago […] Read more

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month peak on Ukraine crisis

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month peak on Ukraine crisis

Corn hits June high

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures approached a two-month high on Tuesday as fears of Russian military action in Ukraine made traders nervous about a potential disruption to supplies from the Black Sea exporters. Tensions remained high after NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing Eastern […] Read more