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The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

U.S. grains: Soybeans steady, grains higher

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 18, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute SOYBEAN futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were narrowly mixed at the Wednesday’s close, holding near three-month highs. WHEAT futures corrected higher amid ideas recent losses were overdone. CORN futures were up in sympathy with wheat, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ag Outlook Forum a feature.

Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate

By Renee Hickman, Reuters September 8, 2025

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

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

Corn, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on short-covering ahead of weekend, crop tour

By Karl Plume, Reuters August 15, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on short-covering ahead of the weekend and a closely followed crop tour set to begin surveying fields across the Midwest next week.

Cereals, Corn, News, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions

By Renee Hickman, Reuters March 18, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures traded both sides of unchanged on Tuesday, holding near a March high underpinned by concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Traders also awaited the outcome of a call between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Grains, soybeans ease after rallies on weather and Middle East instability

By Renee Hickman, Reuters October 3, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures dipped on Thursday on technical trading after surging to June highs this week. Wheat had climbed to a 3-1/2-month peak as traders monitored drought in the important Black Sea region and signs of possible Russian export caps. Corn exceeded a three-month peak on Wednesday, underpinned by […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters August 2, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures turned higher on Friday as market participants and fund traders scrambled to cover their hefty short positions on signs of the U.S. economy weakening, market analysts said.

Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices down, especially for durum

Weaker Canadian dollar lends support, K.C., Chicago and Minneapolis wheat put pressure on prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 9, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies pulled back during the week ended Feb. 8. While there were moderate declines in Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, there were sharper losses for Canadian Western Amber Durum.

Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Narrow price movements for wheat, durum

The Canadian dollar lost three tenths over the week

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 12, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies were narrowly mixed for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, while those for Canadian Western Amber Durum eased back by small amounts.

Production of Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup at Dearborn, Mich. (Media.ford.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

By Reuters February 5, 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Coronavirus threatens Chicago’s last remaining trading pits

Grain options pits remain closed, for now

By Tom Polansek June 12, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago brokers and traders worry COVID-19 will kill more of the city’s once famous shout-and-gesture trading pits. CME Group, which owns the Chicago Board of Trade, said this week that most of the pits it closed in March because of the pandemic will remain shuttered indefinitely. The news disappointed some brokers […] Read more

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Canadian trade tribunal to examine imports of frozen, canned vegetables

Pay more attention to South American corn

Board appointments hint Richardson Int. may rejoin canola council

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