Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

Minneapolis wheat trends lower, more losses likely

Oct. 3, 2017 at 7:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Spring wheat futures on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) are trading right above major support and are poised to keep moving lower, according to an analyst. The U.S. Department of Agriculture unexpectedly raised its estimate on the size of the U.S. spring wheat crop to 416.2 million […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on larger-than-expected crop view

Sep. 29, 2017 at 5:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Organic grain bids hold steady at harvest time

Sep. 29, 2017 at 3:56 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Soy, spring wheat extend losses on technicals, weather

Aug. 14, 2017 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

Aug. 11, 2017 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Canadian wheat decline with U.S. futures, rising loonie

Jul. 31, 2017 at 3:33 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended July 28, as declines in the US futures and strength in the Canadian dollar both weighed on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

Jul. 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm CDT

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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 […]

By Mark Weinraub

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

Jul. 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

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

Jul. 17, 2017 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a roughly two-week low on Monday while MGEX spring wheat gained one per cent in wheat spreading as dry conditions stressed the spring wheat crop in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. Investors were selling most-active […]