Insights and Stories on K.C. Wheat

Cash wheat: Bids mixed, watching futures and currency

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were narrowly mixed during the week ended Thursday, with losses in U.S. futures countered by support from a softer Canadian dollar. The Canadian dollar was down by roughly a third of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart, while the futures were all […]

Cash wheat: Prices stronger in varying degrees

Aug. 9, 2019 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

Jun. 24, 2019 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn reaches five-year high on crop uncertainty, firm cash

Jun. 14, 2019 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Improving weather view weighs on wheat

Apr. 2, 2019 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — MGEX spring wheat futures plunged two per cent on Tuesday to their lowest levels since July 2018 on easing concerns about the weather in key U.S. growing areas and weakening cash prices, traders said. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures also were weak, with a better-than-expected […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat futures plunge on sluggish exports

Feb. 19, 2019 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures all soured on Tuesday as U.S. wheat sellers failed to nab any export sales and traders waited impatiently for news on the latest of talks on the U.S.-China trade war. Wheat was the story of the day: Most […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Prairie wheat bids fall with U.S. futures

Dec. 31, 2018 at 1:35 pm CST

CNS Canada — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly down for the week ended Friday with a weaker Canadian dollar and falling U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $1-$7, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Falling U.S. futures weigh on Prairie wheat bids

Dec. 24, 2018 at 1:48 pm CST

CNS Canada — Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended Friday, as losses in U.S. futures more than offset the supportive influence of the declining Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $3-$11 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

Apr. 18, 2018 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract gaining 1.9 per cent and hitting a one-week high on concerns that rains forecast for the U.S. Plains will not meet earlier expectations. “The forecast for the rain […]

By Mark Weinraub