Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on export pressure

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures sank on Tuesday on expectations that U.S. exports will dry up due to increasing competition from South American countries, traders said. Corn futures also weakened, with ample global supplies and technical pressure triggering a round of profit-taking after they rose […]

U.S. grains: Short-covering, technical buying spur gains

Dec. 14, 2015 at 5:04 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans end week with losses

Dec. 11, 2015 at 6:31 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn extend rally on short-covering

Dec. 10, 2015 at 3:41 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on weaker dollar, stocks check corn

Dec. 9, 2015 at 2:35 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on liquidation ahead of USDA report

Dec. 8, 2015 at 4:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans extended losses on Tuesday to touch a one-week low on long liquidation and technical selling ahead of a monthly government supply and demand report, more than offsetting strong import demand from China. Corn ticked up, recovering slightly from Monday’s slide of more than two […]

By Karl Plume

Prairie spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Dec. 7, 2015 at 5:57 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as gains in U.S. futures and continued weakness in the Canadian dollar both provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by C$3-$6 per tonne during the week, according […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop from multi-week highs on profit-taking

Dec. 7, 2015 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday for the first time in six sessions and corn dropped after two sessions of gains on profit-taking and as traders took positions ahead of a government crop report due later this week. Wheat futures closed lower as earlier technical buying […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat extend gains on technical buying

Dec. 4, 2015 at 5:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and wheat rose on Friday, extending steep gains from the previous session on technical buying while soybeans jumped to a one-month high on large export sales of soybeans to China. Thursday’s rally in grains at the Chicago Board of Trade was tied to a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on short-covering on tumbling dollar

Dec. 3, 2015 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat surged more than two per cent on Thursday, snapping a six-session losing streak as investors covered short positions and the dollar tumbled after the European Central Bank acted to fight low inflation. Corn futures also jumped, while soybeans shook off earlier losses to turn […]

By Michael Hirtzer