Insights and Stories on Black Sea

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall on demand concerns

Oct. 18, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday on concerns that overseas buyers will turn to alternative supplies to meet their import needs, traders said. “Consistently high prices are slowly doing their job of eroding demand across the board, with Brazil in particular among a […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm

Oct. 17, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on firm dollar, hopes for Black Sea talks

Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as Russia threatens to quit Black Sea deal

Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn slip ahead of key crop forecasts

Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:04 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, Ukraine worries

Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.6 per cent on Tuesday as worries about escalating conflict in Ukraine and a pause in the U.S. dollar’s run-up to 20-year highs spurred a round of short-covering, traders said. Corn futures also firmed but pared gains by the close, and soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat up on new concerns for Black Sea supplies

Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed on Tuesday after a day-earlier slide, underpinned by renewed fears about Black Sea supplies, traders said. Soybeans and corn also firmed, supported by slower-than-expected progress in the U.S. harvest. The most-traded wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) gained 63-1/4 […]

By Christopher Walljasper

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

U.S. working with U.N. on Russia food, fertilizer export complaints

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:23 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The United States is working with the United Nations to address Russian complaints that sanctions are hindering its food and fertilizer shipments, even though there has been no disruption to Moscow’s exports of the commodities, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The United Nations, […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat futures retreat after rally

Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, settling back from a sharp rally a day earlier as investors weighed Russian criticism of a Ukrainian grain export deal against prospects of a slowing global economy, traders said. Corn futures also were weaker despite growing concerns about a disappointing […]