Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the session. Bargain buying, coupled with a weaker dollar, offset pressure from stable U.S. crop conditions and recent rains in dry […]

Wheat bids edge lower across Prairies

Apr. 27, 2015 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall to six-month lows on weather

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn drops to five-month low on good planting weather

Apr. 24, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Daily price limits revised for CBOT grains futures

Apr. 23, 2015 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trucker strike worry

Apr. 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures snapped two sessions of declines and climbed to the highest in 2-1/2 weeks on concerns that labour strikes in South America could limit supplies to ports during the peak export season in Brazil and Argentina. Truckers in Brazil began to block roads across […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-month low, soy slips on bird flu concern

Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures touched a one-month low on Wednesday and soybeans dropped on concern that a bird flu outbreak in the U.S. may cut feed demand, as forecasts for favourable U.S. planting weather in coming weeks also weighed on prices. Wheat was slightly lower as early […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn lower on bird flu outbreak, planting progress

Apr. 21, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday on planting progress in the world’s top producer, coupled with concerns about bird flu slowing demand for poultry feed, traders said. Soybeans declined as the bird flu fears pressured futures for soymeal, which like corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

Apr. 20, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday on worries about a possible trucker strike in Brazil and as an economic stimulus move by top importer China reinforced expectations of brisk demand for the oilseed. Wheat rebounded from steep losses last week, although […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent in week as rains arrive on Plains

Apr. 17, 2015 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended steady on Friday but fell six per cent for the week as drought-relieving rains arrived in the southern U.S. Plains crop belt. Corn futures firmed in a technical bounce after falling to a near one-month low this week, and […]

By Julie Ingwersen