CBOT July 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat fall on bearish weather

U.S. soy planting seen at near-record pace

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures dropped on Tuesday, under pressure from a fast pace of planting across key production areas of the U.S. Midwest and an outlook for good growing weather once seeding is finished, traders said. Soft red winter wheat futures also weakened, with the benchmark CBOT […] Read more


CBOT July 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soy dips, corn flat as planting progresses

No agreement yet to extend Ukrainian export shipping

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybeans ended down and corn was flat on Monday, as U.S. planting progressed ahead of last year and uncertainty over whether Ukraine’s safe shipping agreement for grain exports will be extended with the deal set to expire on May 18. Corn, one of the crops exported out of Ukraine, […] Read more

K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat with 20-day moving average and Minneapolis July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line). (Barchart)

Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures lift spring wheat bids

Durum prices down on week

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian spring wheat bids were the beneficiaries of rising U.S. futures prices for the week ended Thursday. Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were under pressure early in the week due to healthy yet ineffective rains over wheat-growing areas in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised the […] Read more


CBOT July 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago grains end week up as no new Black Sea ships authorized

Markets also have eye toward U.S. crop report

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains and soy ended the week higher on Friday as hopes dimmed for the renewal of a U.N.-brokered deal allowing the safe Black Sea exports of Ukraine grain. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations failed to reach an agreement to authorize any new vessels to carry out Black […] Read more

CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat with Bollinger bands (20,2), Minneapolis July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up on Black Sea deal doubts

Cancelled China sales weigh on corn prices

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat hit a one-week high and closed up on Thursday as markets cautiously eye developments on the Black Sea grains corridor following a wave of fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Corn clawed back some ground lost early in the day to close nearly flat after news of cancelled […] Read more


File photo of wheat south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. wheat futures correct higher

Traders' eyes remain on weather

MarketsFarm — After dropping to their weakest levels of the past two years, U.S. wheat futures were due for the corrective bounce that saw all three markets posted sharp gains on Wednesday. Soybeans and corn saw spillover support from the rally in wheat, with all three markets watching weather conditions through the growing season. U.S. […] Read more

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

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

Recent rains may not be enough to save U.S. wheat, traders say

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat rebounded from a 25-month low to close higher on Wednesday, edging up on fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine that cast doubt on the future of the Black Sea grains corridor, analysts said. Corn also gained on the tensions. Soybeans, meanwhile, followed with a rally after touching a […] Read more


CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, Minneapolis July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

Market eyes talks on Black Sea grain corridor

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat hit a 25-month low in the session to close lower on Tuesday, on weather that looked good for U.S. crop development and improving crop conditions. Wheat has been pressured down in recent days after the winter wheat crop rating as of Sunday was up two points from the […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)

Fund short position in canola grows for first time in a month

Corn moves from net long to net short

MarketsFarm — After covering bearish bets for four straight weeks, managed money fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in late April, covering longs and putting on new short positions. According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of April 25, […] Read more