CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Confluence of events’ keeps corn, soy supported

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade hit fresh contract highs on Wednesday, while soybeans also remain well supported with a number of factors likely to keep the grains and oilseeds underpinned going forward. “It’s never just one thing, a confluence of events have taken us up,” said Sean Lusk of Walsh […] Read more

CBOT July 2022 soyoil (candlesticks, right column) with July 2022 soybeans (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high

Corn hits highest since August 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to a record high on Wednesday after Indonesia broadened its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to fight food inflation, traders said. “The move dramatically tightens an already tight global supply of edible oils that saw global prices surge when the Russian invasion of Ukraine […] Read more


CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (yellow and dark green lines) and December 2022 corn (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops

Chicago soybean futures fall

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, traders said. Soybean futures eased as Brazil’s Anec raised its outlook for the country’s export forecast for the oilseed. Losses were kept in check by […] Read more

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U.S. grains: CBOT soyoil futures fall from highs; pull soybeans lower

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures fell on Monday, retreating from all-time highs after Indonesia’s agriculture ministry said that crude palm oil shipments would be excluded from a planned palm oil export ban. The weakness in soyoil pressured soybeans and soymeal, which also faced bearish headwinds from a sharp drop in […] Read more


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Prairie cash wheat: Red spring falls back, durum rises

U.S. wheat futures down on week

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Thursday incurred moderate losses in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) while durum (CWAD) pushed upward. Declines in the U.S. wheat complex led the way, with a higher Canadian dollar this week adding more pressure on Prairie wheat prices. […] Read more

CBOT July 2022 soyoil (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (dark green line) and July 2022 soybeans (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soyoil surges on Indonesia export ban

Soybean, corn futures sag on profit-taking

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to all-time highs on Friday after Indonesia blocked exports of palm oil, a competing vegetable oil, but soybean and corn futures fell on profit-taking ahead of the weekend. Wheat futures ended modestly lower after a choppy session as brokers weighed tightening global grain stocks against sluggish export […] Read more


CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat retreat from recent highs

Soybean futures edge higher

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing weekly U.S. export sales data and a round of profit-taking after multi-year highs set this week, analysts said. Wheat futures also fell, retreating from recent six-week highs, while soybean futures inched higher, supported by export demand for U.S. supplies and spillover strength from […] Read more

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

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on export optimism

Chicago wheat eases on profit-taking

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Wednesday, with the July contract hitting a two-month high on optimism about export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed, analysts said. Corn followed soybeans higher, with front contracts leading the way up in both markets. But wheat futures fell on profit-taking, easing a day after […] Read more



CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn pulls back after reaching decade high

Wheat also gives up gains amid profit-taking, traders say

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower on Tuesday, consolidating below a decade high reached earlier, as traders assessed risks to global supply from the war in Ukraine and a slow start to planting in the U.S. Wheat futures also weakened, with profit-taking pressuring the markets, traders said. The July […] Read more