Insights and Stories on Winter Wheat

W.Canada spring wheat, durum yields down from last year — crop tour

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:21 pm CDT

Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to be lower than last year’s, leaders of a crop tour said on Thursday. The inaugural Cereals North America Canadian crop tour pegged spring wheat yield potential in the region at 43.1 bushels per acre on average, down […]

W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour

Jul. 31, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Aug. 1 brings grain grading and other changes

Jul. 31, 2014 at 11:51 am CDT

By Staff

GRAINS – U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat drop after recent gains

Jul. 29, 2014 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

GRAINS: Corn bounces but posts 5th weekly loss on supply pressure

Jul. 25, 2014 at 4:16 pm CDT

GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries

Jul. 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean prices rose to a near two-week high on Thursday on firm export demand and concerns that dry weather in parts of the Midwest crop belt might jeopardize yield prospects, traders said. Corn futures fell to fresh four-year lows, retreating from early gains, and wheat also fell. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. spring wheat yield prospects best in 22 years

Jul. 24, 2014 at 10:23 am CDT

Fargo, North Dakota/Reuters — The 2014 U.S. hard red spring wheat crop was projected to yield 48.6 bushels per acre, scouts on an annual crop tour said Thursday, the tour’s highest forecast in at least 22 years. The estimate was based on samples from 373 spring wheat fields assessed during […]

By Mark Weinraub

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 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ND wheat tour continues — yields variable in northwest

Jul. 23, 2014 at 1:59 pm CDT

Bowbells, North Dakota/Reuters — Spring wheat yield potential in northwestern North Dakota was seen as variable, with much of the crop behind its typical development schedule following late planting, scouts on an annual tour found on Wednesday. On one route through Ward, Mountrail and Burke counties, scouts on the Wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

Slow sales, transportation keep Prairie feed grain supported

Jul. 23, 2014 at 11:52 am CDT

CNS — Feed grain prices are above milling prices in some areas of Western Canada right now due to complicated travel logistics and patient farmers, says an industry analyst. “Just in general right now, farmers aren’t really big sellers of crop,” said Charlie Pearson, a provincial crops market analyst at […]

By Marney Blunt