Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

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

Jul. 7, 2017 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rallied 1.4 per cent on Friday on hotter and drier forecasts for important growing areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. Concerns about the forecast also supported corn futures but the market closed off session highs as profit-taking weighed on […]

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

By Julie Ingwersen

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

Jun. 29, 2017 at 5:05 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

Jun. 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

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

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls on profit-taking

Jun. 26, 2017 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat prices fell about two per cent on Monday, extending their slide to four sessions on profit-taking after a run-up to one-year highs last week, analysts said. Corn and soybeans rose in a light recovery bounce from multimonth lows set last week, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Spring wheat at 2-1/2-year high, corn at six-month low

Jun. 23, 2017 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– MGEX spring wheat futures jumped to a 2-1/2-year high on Friday and Chicago Board of Trade corn futures dipped to a six-month low in technically driven trade amid an outlook for generally favourable U.S. crop weather, traders said. Soybean futures touched the lowest levels in more […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as traders fret over U.S., French crops

Jun. 20, 2017 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures set fresh 2-1/2-year highs on Tuesday as a further decline in spring wheat condition ratings surprised traders and coincided with concern about damage to French wheat from a heat wave. But corn and soybean futures fell on improving U.S. crop weather, coupled […]

By Julie Ingwersen