CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans find two-month high

Wheat crop above expectations

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures on Monday hit their highest level in some eight weeks on weather concerns in top exporter Brazil and arid conditions in Argentina. Corn futures finished unchanged, while wheat rose slightly as weakness in the U.S. dollar added support to the markets. Traders monitored uneven crop weather in Brazil, […] Read more

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 6-1/2-week high

Weaker U.S. dollar lifts grains complex

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 6-1/2-week high on Friday, lifted by uneven crop weather in top soy producer Brazil and fresh export demand for U.S. supplies, coupled with a plunge in the dollar that bolstered corn and wheat futures as well. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) January soybean futures settled up […] Read more



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

U.S. grains: Corn drops to seven-week low

Wheat, soybeans move higher

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest point in seven weeks on Wednesday as the harvest continued and showed better than expected yields, while weather forecasts improved in crop areas of South America. Wheat and soybean prices were modestly higher in rangebound trading. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn closed […] Read more


File photo of wheat under snow. (Ssvyat/iStock/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets

U.S. Fed decision 'pretty much factored in'

MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily during the week ended Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier Wednesday that the central bank’s policy rate will remain within 5.25 and 5.5 per […] Read more

CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow high/low/close) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange HLC). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat down on supply concerns, soft demand

K.C., MGEX wheats also set contract lows; corn, soy up

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell across the board on Tuesday on soft demand and as supply concerns weakened in the Southern Hemisphere, while soybean futures pushed higher on adverse weather in Brazil. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended down 9-3/4 cents at $5.56-1/4 per bushel and […] Read more


The Leguee Farms family members from left: Jake and Stephanie Leguee with their three children Asher, 8, Grayson, 5, and Tristan, 2; Russ and Sharon Leguee with Russ holding Bo, 2, (Amber and Erik’s son); Sarah Leguee ; and Erik and Amber Nikolejsin and their other two children Dax, 7, and Hazel, 4.

A glimpse into bright, young farming operations

From potatoes to cranberries, eggs to pork, beef to veal and millions of seeds — this is what these farmers do

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers will experience the hospitality of Quebec in late November as regional nominees and alumni gather in Laval for the national awards competition. Along with the seven OYF regional nominee farm families, about 200 alumni and guests from the program will attend the 43rd national awards event that runs Nov. 23-26. Nominees […] Read more

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: South America rains push soy futures down

Wheat, corn futures also drop

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined about one per cent on Monday on profit-taking and pressure from beneficial rains over the last few days in South American crop areas, offsetting a weather premium that had been building for the oilseed crop. Corn and wheat futures also fell. Benchmark January soybeans on the Chicago […] Read more


(File photo by Dave Bedard)

Fund short position hits new record in ICE canola

Traders return to net long on soybeans

MarketsFarm — The net speculative short position in the ICE Futures canola market rose to its largest level ever recorded as fund traders put on fresh bearish bets and liquidated previously placed long positions, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Oct. 24, the […] Read more

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-day moving average (right column) and CBOT December 2023 soymeal (dark green line, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans, soymeal climb on demand

CBOT wheat falls; gains in soy help lift corn

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rallied and soymeal hit a contract high on Friday on strong demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. U.S. soymeal exports are on their way to new highs this season after a poor soybean harvest in top soymeal exporter Argentina earlier this year. Domestic soymeal users, […] Read more