Insights and Stories on Cereals

Cereals Corn Crops Markets Reuters Soybeans Spring Wheat Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Soybeans hit over one-week high, U.S. old-crop supply tightens

Jul. 23, 2014 at 4:58 pm CDT

Reuters — Front-month soybean futures rose to their highest level in more than a week on Wednesday, supported by firming U.S. cash markets as supplies of old-crop soybeans dwindle with the autumn harvest still about two months away, traders said. Corn futures fell to a fresh four-year low while wheat […]

ND wheat tour continues — yields variable in northwest

Jul. 23, 2014 at 1:59 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Slow sales, transportation keep Prairie feed grain supported

Jul. 23, 2014 at 11:52 am CDT

By Marney Blunt

Tour sees ‘extraordinary’ wheat crop in North Dakota

Jul. 23, 2014 at 11:11 am CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Grain bags catching on in the U.S. Midwest

Jul. 23, 2014 at 9:51 am CDT

By Karl Plume

GRAINS: U.S. corn slides to 4-yr lows on bright harvest prospects

Jul. 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures drifted to fresh four-year lows on Tuesday, erasing early gains as favorable weather forecasts bolstered expectations for a bumper harvest, traders said. Wheat followed corn down. Soybeans closed mostly lower, led by new-crop months, but the spot August contract rose on export demand for U.S. soybeans and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

Jul. 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian wheat bids mixed despite continued U.S. losses

Jul. 22, 2014 at 11:42 am CDT

Average bids for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat weakened slightly during week ended July 21 at a cross section of delivery points across Western Canada. However, Canadian bids lagged the U.S. futures to the downside and basis improvements were seen at many locations. On July 21, average spot bids […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

Jul. 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

Jul. 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict […]

By Julie Ingwersen