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The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters, soybeans, winter-wheat

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate

By Reuters September 8, 2025

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, soybean and wheat futures ticked up on Monday as traders awaited U.S. government harvest estimates later this week, with shrinking trade expectations on what are still expected to be large crops, according to analysts. A weaker dollar also underpinned grains and soybeans. Chicago Board of Trade most-active December corn

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

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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on short-covering ahead of weekend, crop tour

By Karl Plume, Reuters August 15, 2025

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.

Cereals, News, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions

By Reuters March 18, 2025

Chicago wheat futures traded both sides of unchanged on Tuesday, holding near a March high underpinned by concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Traders also awaited the outcome of a call between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Markets

U.S. grains: Grains, soybeans ease after rallies on weather and Middle East instability

By Reuters October 3, 2024

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures dipped on Thursday on technical trading after surging to June highs this week. Wheat had climbed to a 3-1/2-month peak as traders monitored drought in the important Black Sea region and signs of possible Russian export caps. Corn exceeded a three-month peak on Wednesday, underpinned by

Markets

U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters August 2, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures turned higher on Friday as market participants and fund traders scrambled to cover their hefty short positions on signs of the U.S. economy weakening, market analysts said.

Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices down, especially for durum

Weaker Canadian dollar lends support, K.C., Chicago and Minneapolis wheat put pressure on prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 9, 2024

Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies pulled back during the week ended Feb. 8. While there were moderate declines in Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, there were sharper losses for Canadian Western Amber Durum.

Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Narrow price movements for wheat, durum

The Canadian dollar lost three tenths over the week

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 12, 2024

Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies were narrowly mixed for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, while those for Canadian Western Amber Durum eased back by small amounts.

Production of Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup at Dearborn, Mich. (Media.ford.com)

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Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 5, 2022

San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to

Crops, Markets

Coronavirus threatens Chicago’s last remaining trading pits

Grain options pits remain closed, for now

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 12, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago brokers and traders worry COVID-19 will kill more of the city’s once famous shout-and-gesture trading pits. CME Group, which owns the Chicago Board of Trade, said this week that most of the pits it closed in March because of the pandemic will remain shuttered indefinitely. The news disappointed some brokers

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest activity drops commodities

By GFM Network News October 23, 2019

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade were mostly lower Wednesday amid a slower news week and harvest activity putting pressure on prices. “We’ve had a quieter week,” said Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. “The market starts to fall of its own weight as we’re in harvest season.” Harvest activity,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

Notable changes in exports to China, India

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U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soybeans and wheat firm ahead of crop estimate

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise on short-covering ahead of weekend, crop tour

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions

U.S. grains: Grains, soybeans ease after rallies on weather and Middle East instability

U.S. Grains: Soy, grain futures turn higher on economy concerns

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices down, especially for durum

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Narrow price movements for wheat, durum

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

Coronavirus threatens Chicago’s last remaining trading pits

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest activity drops commodities

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