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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching trade talks

Reading Time: < 1 minute Movement in grain and oilseed futures at the Chicago Board of Trade remains highly dependent on developments in trade talks between the U.S. and China. China-U.S. trade negotiations have provided some sporadic support for the futures, but there have yet to be any concrete developments. While confirmation of an actual deal would change the outlook, […] Read more



CBOT May 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages.

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid for a second consecutive session on Tuesday to the lowest in 10 months as cheaper exports from producers including Russia weighed on demand for U.S. supplies. Soybeans also fell, giving up the last session’s gains, as a rapidly advancing harvest in top exporter Brazil boosted global supplies. […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade hopes

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 2-1/2-week high on Monday on hopes for a trade agreement between Washington and Beijing and after China vowed late last week to make additional U.S. soybean purchases. Wheat futures plunged around four per cent to fresh contract lows on technical selling and concerns about stiff […] Read more



CBOT May 2019 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Thursday after a four-day slide, while the grains market overall steadied as U.S. and China trade negotiators sketched an outline for what could be a deal to end the trade war. Thursday’s technical bounce in wheat was encouraged by optimism over the trade negotiations, which also […] Read more


CBOT May 2019 soybeans with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy in ‘little bit of a free fall’

Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybeans, wheat and corn have been trading generally lower of late on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In particular soybeans are in “a little bit of a free fall,” said Terry Reilly, senior agriculture futures analyst with Futures International in Chicago. “It’s purely technical. We closed below the 100-day moving average (Tuesday) based on […] Read more

CBOT March 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged yet again on Wednesday as traders fretted over lagging U.S. exports despite them being competitively priced in the global market. Soybeans started the day off on the negative side, with the most active soybean contract dipping just below the one-month low struck a day […] Read more



CBOT March 2019 wheat futures with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to multimonth lows as global prices sag

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to multimonth lows on Friday, despite broad strength in commodity and equity markets as grain traders monitored bearish technical signals as well as falling prices in the global cash wheat market. Soybeans climbed on optimism about U.S. trade negotiations with China, the world’s top soy importer, while […] Read more