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: Corn backs away from gains at close
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.
Dry soils threaten strong Ohio crops; rains boost South Dakota — tour
Reading Time: 2 minutes The production potential of Ohio's corn crop is the highest in at least 22 years, scouts on the annual Pro Farmer tour of top U.S. producing states found on Monday, but dry conditions could limit yields by the time the autumn harvest rolls around.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on short-covering ahead of weekend, crop tour
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.
Feed grains weekly: USDA ups global coarse grain estimate
Production up 4.4 per cent on year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Total world coarse grain production in 2025/26 is forecast to be up by 25 million tonnes from earlier estimates, largely due to increased corn production in the United States, according to the latest Feed Outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released Aug. 14.
Large crops to weigh on CBOT corn/soybeans
“We have a lot of corn out there”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Expectations for a record large corn harvest in the United States this year are overhanging the futures market, which should keep values under pressure through the harvest season.
Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans
Corn at 188.8 bu./ac. soybeans at 53.6 bu./ac.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Record large corn and soybean yields are expected in the United States this year, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Aug. 12.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, wheat competing with U.S. corn
Western Canadian grains hold price advantage
Reading Time: 2 minutes While U.S. corn prices are falling, Western Canadian feed barley and feed wheat still have price advantages, said a Lethbridge-based trader.
CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices
U.S. grain, soybean prices to go lower: analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.
CBOT Weekly: Projections, tensions pressure prices
Grain prices approaching seasonal lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes Projections of high yields and ongoing political tensions pressured grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended July 30, 2025.
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