CBOT July 2019 soybeans (candlestick chart) compared to July 2019 soybeans (orange line chart). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade wars keep futures volatile

MarketsFarm — Extended durations of wet spring weather continue to buoy prices on the Chicago Board of Trade — and price volatility will remain high based on long-term weather forecasts. “Whenever you’re in a weather problem phase, volatility tends to increase,” explained Terry Reilly, a grains analyst with Futures International. Currently, soybeans are trading around […] Read more






Kansas City July 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Monday on concerns about harvest risks as more heavy rain was forecast in some U.S. grain belts and warm, dry weather was expected in top wheat exporter Russia. Meanwhile, corn and soybean futures traded choppily as the markets digested a threat of U.S. tariffs against Mexico, […] Read more

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday, weighed down by fresh concerns about demand after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on imports of goods from Mexico in response to illegal immigration across the U.S. border. All three commodities also faced pressure from profit-taking after posting big […] Read more



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

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture Department report after the market […] Read more