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

CBOT weekly outlook: Trio of events loom over U.S. soybeans, corn

The trade's initial reaction to the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump was bearish for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade on Nov. 6. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Nov. 7 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report on Nov. 8 are likely to have a bullish effect on those commodities, said Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy.



Louise Carduner marks a kernel and then counts the rows during a Manitoba-Saskatchewan one-woman corn crop tour.

Corn crop estimates, the old-school way

Apps and satellite services have digitalized the job, but many still prefer to estimate crops up close and personal

Glacier FarmMedia — When it comes to estimating corn crops, Louise Carduner knows there’s an app for that. But she isn’t about to use it. “These are the nicest ears I’ve seen,” Carduner burst out enthusiastically while stripping a fat cob of corn in a field bordering the Red River just north of the U.S. […] Read more