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

CBOT weekly: Soybeans/corn to trade sideways

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold rangebound and trade sideways through the holiday season, as market participants wait to get a better handle on what trade policies proposed by United States President-elect Donald Trump may mean for the commodities in the new year.












DJ Wassenaar (left) and business partner Matt Bergman have developed a diversified farming operation at two locations in Ontario, along with off-season non-farm work.

DJ Wassenaar and Matt Bergman

Outstanding Young Farmers: How they put diversity in their rotations, cropping systems, equipment use — and growing regions

Watching for and developing diversification opportunities is certainly an important part of how partners DJ Wassenaar and Matt Bergman built their farm businesses in Ontario. Growing up on their respective farms in southwestern Ontario, they both started farm businesses at an early age. DJ grew up on a beef operation and started a custom farming […] Read more