Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold rangebound and trade sideways through the holiday season, as market participants wait to get a better handle on what trade policies proposed by United States President-elect Donald Trump may mean for the commodities in the new year.
CBOT weekly: Soybeans/corn to trade sideways
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans ease as market digests Trump tariff threats
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs against major trading partners, while forecasts for strong South American crops also pressured prices, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat down as supply pressure mounts, conflict worries fade
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures fell on Monday as ample supplies pressured prices, with worry receding that an intensified conflict between Russia and Ukraine could threaten Black Sea export shipments.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat weakens on firm dollar, but set for weekly rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures eased on Friday on profit-taking and dollar strength, according to analysts, while soybeans gained in technical rebound from three days of declines. Corn followed wheat lower. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Wv1settled down 4-3/4 cents at $5.64-3/4 per bushel, but rose about […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy hits fresh lows on South America weather, Brazil-China deals
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago corn futures weakened on Thursday and soybeans struck fresh contract lows as Brazil and China came together for significant agricultural trade deals and weather in South America remained beneficial for both crops, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to 2-week low on strong South American crop prospects
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures hit a two-week low on Wednesday and soyoil futures fell more than three per cent on expectations for plentiful South American soy harvests this year along with uncertainty about demand for soy-based biodiesel fuel, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week high on fears of escalating Russia-Ukraine war
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures rose for a third-straight session on Tuesday, posting a one-week high on fears of escalating war in the Black Sea breadbasket region amid rising tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as lifting of Ukraine missile restrictions sparks fears of war escalation
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. wheat futures climbed on Monday after the White House lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S. missiles to strike deep within Russia, sparking concerns of an escalating war in the Black Sea breadbasket region.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China’s export incentives change, short covering
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soy futures rallied on Friday after China said it would cut its export incentives for used cooking oil, a move that could curtail the flood of imports into the U.S., market analysts said.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall on worries over domestic demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures fell for a fourth straight day, as traders worried that biofuel policy changes under the incoming U.S. presidential administration of Republican Donald Trump would chill domestic demand.
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