Reading Time: < 1 minute Choppy futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were looking for direction during the week ended Feb. 18, 2026.
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CBOT Weekly: Choppy futures looking for direction
As U.S. agriculture flails, farmers see big corn acres as best bet to break even
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. farmers are expected to only cut back slightly on corn acres as it nears break-even prices and seems less politically risky than soybeans.
CBOT Weekly: Prices to continue higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes A severe winter storm in the United States and a weakened greenback helped raise prices on the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Jan. 28, 2026.
CBOT Weekly: Expect sideways trading for now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Look for trading of soybeans, corn and wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade remain sideways for the balance of January, perhaps longer, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.
CBOT Weekly: USDA reports could support prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tom Lilja, an analyst from Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D., expects corn and soybeans yields to be trimmed ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand estimates release on Jan. 12, 2026.
CBOT Weekly: Grains, oilseeds down ahead of an uncertain 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. grain and oilseed futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell during the week ended Dec. 17, 2025 due to lagging exports and delayed data.
CBOT Weekly: Prices decline, but find strength before Thanksgiving
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. grain and oilseed futures showed losses earlier in the week ended Nov. 26, 2025, but later rallied to pare or eliminate their losses.
CBOT Weekly: Analysts examine new trade deal, upcoming WASDE report
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new potential U.S.-China trade deal and the surprise release of the WASDE report attracted the trade’s attention during the week ended Nov. 5, 2025.
The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.
Reading Time: 6 minutes The USDA predicts a record corn crop for U.S. farmers, who question the agency’s accuracy amidst high debt and low crop prices.
CBOT Weekly: China, shutdown guiding the market
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States grain and oilseed markets are currently dominated by two factors, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. Ettner said those are the absence of a trade deal with China and the ongoing United States government shutdown.
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