CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (green and black lines) and K.C. May 2022 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat limit up after Russia invades Ukraine

Soyoil futures hit all-time high on vegoil supply concerns

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures spiked by their daily trading limit on Thursday to their highest since mid-2012 and corn futures touched eight-month peaks after Russian forces attacked Ukraine, exacerbating worries over global grain supplies. Soyoil futures notched an all-time high on concerns about global vegetable oil supplies amid conflict in the major […] Read more



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

U.S. grains: Rising Russia-Ukraine tensions stoke rallies

Most-active CBOT wheat books biggest daily jump in 3-1/2 years

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged six per cent on Tuesday in the steepest daily jump in 3-1/2 years while corn rallied three per cent on worries that an escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine could disrupt grain flows from the key Black Sea export region. Soybeans climbed to a […] Read more



One Canada Square (tower at centre) houses the London head office of the International Grains Council. (Iliffd/iStock/Getty Images)

World soybean output, stocks estimates chopped

MarketsFarm — Downward revisions to soybean numbers stand out the most in February’s grain market report from the International Grains Council (IGC). Otherwise, the monthly estimates have minor alterations. The IGC cut its forecast on 2021-22 global soybean production by four per cent from its January report, bringing its projection to 353.1 million tonnes. The […] Read more

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

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Ukraine-Russia tensions

Corn, soybean futures end firm

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.2 per cent on Thursday, supported by rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia and expectations that war between the two export countries could improve demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybeans and corn futures closed in positive territory after trading both sides of unchanged, with concerns about […] Read more



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

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather

Chicago wheat futures flat

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be insufficient to avert further drought damage to crops in Argentina and southern Brazil. “It is the size of the crop in South America that will […] Read more