Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

U.S. grains: Improving forecast weighs on corn, soybeans

Jul. 21, 2017 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by outlooks for some relief for crops stressed by hot and dry weather during the past few weeks, traders said. “It is a little bit of a moderation in the weather forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker […]

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

Jul. 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week low on spreading

Jul. 17, 2017 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm on weather view

Jul. 7, 2017 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains; Wheat, corn, soy climb; spring wheat tops US$8

Jul. 3, 2017 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat above $5 on U.S., Canadian concerns

Jun. 30, 2017 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed above US$5 a bushel on Friday for the first time in a year, buoyed by diminishing outlooks for spring wheat crops in both the U.S. and Canada, analysts said. CBOT soybean futures rose about three per cent and corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Spring wheat sets three-year top on weather woes

Jun. 29, 2017 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures charged to a three-year high on Thursday, fueled by fears that continued dry conditions in the northern U.S. Plains would cut supply of high-protein milling wheat. The surge in spring wheat futures on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) also lifted Chicago Board […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

Jun. 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Drought conditions in the northern U.S. Plains that have propelled spring wheat prices to a three-year high worsened in the past week and there are forecasts for more hot and dry weather that could crimp the harvest. As the world struggles with a glut of grain […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Spring wheat futures top US$7 on weather worries

Jun. 28, 2017 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures surged 3.4 percent on Wednesday, topping US$7 a bushel for the first time in nearly three years on worries that stressful weather will curb production of the high-quality milling wheat, analysts said. The jump in Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) spring wheat lifted […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Spring wheat near three-year high on dry weather

Jun. 27, 2017 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures hit their highest level in nearly three years on Tuesday on forecasts for stressful weather in the northern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also climbed after a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report said the condition of all three U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen