Reading Time: < 1 minute Warm Midwestern temperatures and timely precipitation weighed on corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade coming out of the Independence Day long weekend. Weather should remain a major market driver through the growing season, although some short-term direction could come from the monthly United States Department of Agriculture supply/demand estimates due out on July 11.
CBOT weekly: USDA/weather in focus for corn and soybeans
Midwestern conditions favourable
CBOT Weekly: Turning towards a weather market
Area, stocks reports have little influence
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are heading toward a weather market, said Sean Lusk, vice-president of Walsh Commercial Hedging in Chicago. The move comes after two reports from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on June 30.
CBOT Weekly: Prices tumble, uncertainty ahead
Weather, supply pressures weigh on grains
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain futures fell on the Chicago Board of Trade last week with more uncertainty waiting in the wings.
CBOT Weekly: External factors raising wheat prices
Weather, geopolitical risk provide support
Reading Time: < 1 minute Numerous factors caused United States wheat prices to sharply rise during the week ended June 18, 2025.
CBOT Weekly: ‘Not looking for any fireworks’ in June WASDE
Report unlikely to have notable changes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Do not expect any major changes in the June supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture, said Terry Reilly, senior agricultural specialist for Marex.
CBOT Weekly: Crop conditions raise spring wheat prices
Other crop prices firmer, stronger
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat prices rose, while other prices were firmer or higher during the week ended June 4, 2025.
CBOT weekly: Weather in focus for soybeans, corn and wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Weather conditions will be a major factor moving grain and oilseed markets in the United States over the next few months, as seeding operations wrap up and attention turns to the developing crops.
CBOT Weekly: Coming weeks to see stronger soybean, corn prices
Expected to rise mid-May to mid-June
Reading Time: 2 minutes Futures for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are set to rise for two reasons, said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Illinois — the planting progress being made by United States farmers and "seasonality"
CBOT Weekly: Weather, new crop projections top of mind
Planting, growing progress pressuring prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade may trade sideways in the coming weeks, while corn and wheat make gains, according to a Chicago trader.
CBOT weekly: ‘Soap opera’ keeps soybeans and corn under pressure
Attention turning to new crop
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade trended lower in the last days of April, with little bullish news for either commodity as attention turns to the new crop and relatively favourable planting condition across the United States.
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