Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

U.S. grains: Spring wheat sinks to 10-year low on burdensome supplies

Aug. 30, 2019 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures tumbled to a 10-year low on Friday under pressure from massive supplies, cutting prices for makers of artisanal breads, bagels and pizza crust. The decline hurts farmers across North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota who are in the process of harvesting a […]

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 2:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn extends rally, wheat touches six-week high

May. 17, 2019 at 5:16 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Currency, swine fever weigh on prices

Apr. 26, 2019 at 6:09 am CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

Apr. 25, 2019 at 1:34 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

Apr. 24, 2019 at 10:07 am CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Trade hopes spur gains in soy futures

Apr. 4, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed for the third time in four sessions on Thursday, supported by a better-than-expected export report and hopes for a trade deal with China, traders said. Corn futures also closed in positive territory, with more rain in the U.S. Midwest sparking fresh concerns […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Spring wheat falls sharply as flood concerns ease

Apr. 3, 2019 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. spring wheat futures fell 1.3 per cent to their lowest in nearly nine months on Wednesday as the latest weather forecasts eased fears about flooding in the northern U.S. Plains forcing farmers to cut back on their acreage plans for the crop. Soft red winter […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

Mar. 29, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures tumbled more than four per cent on Friday in the market’s steepest drop in nearly three years after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated U.S. stocks and projected spring plantings above nearly all trade estimates. Soybeans and wheat followed corn lower despite […]

By Karl Plume

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

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