Insights and Stories on North Dakota

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

Sep. 20, 2019 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies of top grades of the grains, handlers and agronomists said. Rains and heavy dew have slowed the harvest and, worse, […]

On the front lines: Trade war sinks North Dakota soy growers

Aug. 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

South central North Dakota wheat tour sees yields seen above average

Jul. 23, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Blizzard forces closure of some U.S. grain processors, elevators

Apr. 11, 2019 at 8:34 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn slide as export sales data disappoints

Apr. 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat edges lower on profit-taking

Mar. 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures inched lower on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-month high on U.S. export optimism and adverse weather in the United States that threatened to delay sowing. Soybean and corn futures fell on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Stephanie Kelly

Heavy North Dakota snows threaten wheat seeding

Mar. 25, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to delay planting of spring wheat in another blow to a U.S. farm belt already facing billions of dollars in damage from flooding. Farmers from Missouri to South Dakota […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Mar. 25, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures gained on Monday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying, as well as concerns about North American production as weather in the Midwest threatened to delay planting. Corn prices also rose, extending gains into a fourth session, while soybean futures firmed. The May […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

Mar. 20, 2019 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly two per cent on Wednesday on poor weather in the Midwest soft winter wheat belt and the northern Plains spring wheat region, traders said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red winter wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat drift lower on weak export demand

Mar. 19, 2019 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures closed nearly unchanged on Tuesday, with commodity funds reluctant to add to a heavy net short position despite pressure from slowing export demand for U.S. grains, analysts said. Soybean futures declined as traders awaited news from ongoing U.S. trade negotiations with […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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