Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on fund buying

Apr. 20, 2016 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans shrugged off early losses to surge two per cent on Wednesday, hitting new eight-month highs and extending the gains of a dramatic April rally linked to investment fund buying and rain-related delays in Argentina’s harvest. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans reached the psychological threshold […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy jump to multi-month highs on fund buying

Apr. 19, 2016 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat surges over three per cent

Apr. 18, 2016 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Prairie spring wheat bids tick lower

Apr. 18, 2016 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn hits four-month top on short-covering

Apr. 15, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy falls from eight-month top

Apr. 14, 2016 at 7:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday on profit-taking and softening cash markets following a four-session advance that lifted the spot May contract to an eight-month high, traders said. Wheat futures ended lower one day after setting a one-week high. But corn settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn jumps three per cent, most in seven months

Apr. 13, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Front-month U.S. corn futures rose three per cent on Wednesday, their biggest single-day advance since September, on short-covering and concerns about planting prospects in the Midwest, analysts said. Concerns about South American weather lent support. Soybean futures also charged higher, buoyed by chart-based buying and data […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans set eight-month highs in comeback rally

Apr. 12, 2016 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures jumped on short-covering and technical buying on Tuesday, with soybeans closing at eight-month highs after a see-saw session. Heavy buying by commodity investors helped drive the gains, with funds snapping up an estimated 15,000 soybean contracts and 20,000 corn contracts at the Chicago […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat to five-week low on forecasts for rains

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell three per cent to a five-week low on Monday as weekend rains in the U.S. Plains, and forecasts for more next weekend, eased worries about yield prospects, traders said. Corn followed wheat down, but soybeans rose to an eight-month high on technically […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Corn, wheat prices seen hitting 10-year lows in 2016

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:25 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Hefty supplies, large expected crops and poor U.S. exports will weigh on grain prices later this year with corn and wheat set to drop to 10-year lows as harvest nears, consultancy AgResource said Friday. In its first 2016 price forecast, the U.S.-based consultancy forecast Chicago Board […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide