Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as USDA forecasts ballooning stocks

May. 12, 2015 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected domestic stocks would rise to 500 million bushels by the end of the 2015-16 marketing year, a nine-year high if realized. Corn ended almost unchanged after […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on planting pace

May. 11, 2015 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Crop tour results boost wheat

May. 8, 2015 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather outlook weighs on corn, soy

May. 7, 2015 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on weak crop tour results, short-covering

May. 6, 2015 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as weather improves

May. 5, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, flirting with five-year lows after rain in key production areas boosted harvest prospects as the crop nears maturity, traders said. Poor export demand for U.S. supplies and strong yield projections from early results of a crop tour […]

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie CWRS bids mixed as basis adjustments vary

May. 4, 2015 at 4:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canadian wheat were mixed during the week ended Friday, due to basis adjustments that varied from location, to location. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were C$2.50 per tonne lower to $4 higher, with bids ranging from $185 per tonne in north-central […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on soyoil rally; wheat, corn drop

May. 4, 2015 at 2:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose 1.3 per cent on Monday, following a sharp rally in soyoil that stemmed from talk of rising demand on the export market. “I’ve heard some talk that China has an increased appetite for (soy)oil, said Bill Gentry, broker at Risk Management Associates. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn falls to lowest since October on rapid plantings

May. 1, 2015 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grains shed as much as one per cent on Friday as investors sold off positions on the first day of May amid bearish headwinds of rapid pace of spring plantings and a strong dollar that could limit export prospects. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps on record-large export cancellations

Apr. 30, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell as much as two per cent on Thursday, capping its second straight monthly decline on pressure from improving crop conditions in the southern U.S. Plains and disappointing weekly export sales. Corn and soybeans also were lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, weighed […]

By Michael Hirtzer