CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, soybeans firm on tighter stocks

Corn firm, ending stocks unchanged

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures firmed on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assessed global supply and demand, reflecting the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on Black Sea exports. Grain prices remained underpinned by Russia’s six-week-old invasion, which has stalled large amounts of Ukrainian exports


The U.S. Department of Agriculture pegged 2022 U.S. corn plantings at 89.49 million acres based largely on producer surveys conducted in the first half of March.

Analysts blow U.S. corn acreage predictions again

The trade could redeem itself in June when the next estimates drop

Reuters – U.S. planting intentions kept their unpredictable reputation alive March 30, as corn acres fell outside the range of analyst estimates for a fourth consecutive year. The trade reversed its overestimation trend on soybean area, but the miss was still substantial. Market participants have recently come a little closer to the reported corn and

CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm ahead of WASDE

Wheat down, but supported by winter crop stress

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed on Thursday, bolstered by eroding South American production and steady U.S. export sales. CBOT wheat and corn futures eased ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly global supply and demand report due Friday, expected to reflect the potential impact of the war in



CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 10-, 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate

CBOT wheat mixed pending sanctions

Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine. The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel



In 1981, before anyone knew how to spell ethanol, U.S. wheat acres hit a record-high 88 million.

Opinion: The coming war for U.S. crop acres

Ethanol might be a sacred cow for now, but expect a renewed food-versus-fuel fight

Farmers are long familiar with acre wars. This late-winter scrum is a showdown over how many acres of which crop farmers will plant. Most years these fights are decided by a variable — and oftentimes volatile — combination of three elements: what market prices are calling for, how government farm programs could affect prices, and