Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on weather forecast

May. 31, 2016 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures sank 3.2 per cent on Tuesday, on track for their biggest daily decline in four weeks as forecasts called for improving harvest conditions for the winter crop good weather for spring wheat development. “Drier weather begins to develop in the southern Plains starting […]

Prairie wheat bids tick down slightly

May. 30, 2016 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn sets 10-month high on export demand

May. 27, 2016 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on profit-taking

May. 26, 2016 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy surges on concerns over Argentina soymeal

May. 25, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on short-covering, wet weather

May. 24, 2016 at 3:33 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat rose on Tuesday, lifted by short-covering and concerns about unfavourable rains for maturing U.S. crops. Corn ended mixed and soybeans finished a volatile session lower, with corn weakened by spread trades against wheat and soybeans down on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade July wheat added […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat fall on broad commodity weakness

May. 23, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on profit-taking as commodities fell broadly and soymeal backed down from contract highs, analysts said. Wheat also declined but corn futures rose, bucking the weak trend. At the Chicago Board of Trade, July soybeans settled down 15-3/4 cents at $10.58-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Rallying greenback sparks broad-based selloff

May. 19, 2016 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures dropped to their lowest levels in about a week on Thursday as gains in the dollar prompted investors to take profits out of commodities after recent rallies. Broad-based selling hit the sector as the dollar firmed on expectations that the Federal […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend winning streak

May. 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed to their highest in nearly four weeks on Wednesday, closing in positive territory for the fifth day in a row on short-covering after weakening in overnight trading, traders said. Soybean futures eased on a round of profit-taking but closed well above session […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Prices soar as fund money flows to commodities

May. 17, 2016 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures jumped on Tuesday as investors sunk money into commodities, extending a run-up in prices linked to poor weather that has hurt harvests in South America. Commodity funds were net buyers of up to 14,000 corn contracts and 11,000 soybean contracts, a […]

By Tom Polansek