Reading Time: 2 minutes Only minor changes to the grain and oilseed balance sheets are expected in the Sept. 12 supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture, said an analyst.
CBOT Weekly: Little change expected from USDA
U.S. grains: Soy and corn ease as traders await US crop report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybeans and corn dipped on Wednesday as traders squared positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand report due on Friday, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat dropped on falling global demand. The USDA is expected to trim U.S. soybean and corn yield forecasts on Friday, though production […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat ease, traders eye USDA crop report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn, soybean, and wheat futures eased on Tuesday as traders squared positions before a U.S. government supply and demand report this week. Wheat ticked down with falling Russian export prices, analysts said. Market participants are awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s global supply and demand estimates on Friday. In a […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures ticked up on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with shrinking trade expectations on what are still expected to be large crops, according to analysts. A weaker dollar also underpinned grains and soybeans. Chicago Board of Trade most-active December corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a 6-1/2 week high on Friday on short covering ahead of the weekend and a U.S. government crop production update next week, and as U.S. export demand remained strong. However, the grain failed to hold onto the advances and settled with small losses in the most […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans end firm as late-session technical buying offsets demand pressure
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures rebounded on late-session technical buying to end firm on Thursday after concerns about a lack of sales to top importer China had dragged the market to 3-1/2 week lows.
U.S. grains: Corn slips from six-week high, soybeans down on China demand worries
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell from a six-week peak on Wednesday on profit-taking and technical selling after three sessions of gains as an expected record-large U.S. harvest weighed on the market.
CBOT Weekly: Pressure on grain, oilseed prices
Multiple factors dragging down futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvest, crop quality and crop quantity and a lack of demand affected grain and oilseed prices on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Sept. 3, 2025.
U.S. grains: Soy drops on demand worries, corn firm as traders question lofty yield projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell to a 1-1/2 week low on Tuesday as China continued to shun purchases from the United States and as forecasts for improved rains in the coming days reinforced expectations for a sizeable Midwest harvest.
U.S. grains: Corn rises on strong demand, disease concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures firmed on Friday on support from strong international demand, concerns over disease in the U.S. Midwest and technical support, analysts said.
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