Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Corn falls to five-week low on big ethanol supply, technicals

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn fell one per cent on Wednesday, extending declines from the past two sessions to the largest in 1-1/2 years on pressure from chart-based selling and ballooning supplies of grain-based ethanol. Wheat had its sixth straight down day, pulled lower by plentiful global supplies of […]

U.S. grains: Corn down most since June

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:14 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall most since June on big global supplies

Jan. 12, 2015 at 3:59 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain on export demand

Jan. 9, 2015 at 5:58 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Declining wheat futures watch corn for further direction

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:51 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn slump as export demand weakens

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell 2.2 per cent to a six-week low on Thursday on poor export demand and easing concerns about crop damage despite sub-zero temperatures settling in across key U.S. growing regions, traders said. “Yes, it did get very cold overnight,” Joe Barker, market analyst […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn drops as ethanol stocks build

Jan. 7, 2015 at 3:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.2 per cent on Wednesday, dropping below the key US$4 a bushel level on pressure from an industry report that showed demand from the ethanol sector was waning. Wheat futures also declined on concerns about a strong dollar hitting export demand for […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat up as temperatures drop

Jan. 6, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose for a second day in a row on Tuesday on support from the deteriorating condition of the dormant crop and prospects for more damage from arctic temperatures across key growing areas, traders said. “The hard red winter wheat crop is in a […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans surge on technical, bargain buying

Jan. 5, 2015 at 3:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, corn and wheat futures rallied on Monday, rebounding from sharp losses on a round of bargain buying, traders said. “People are coming back from holiday and saying ‘look at how hard things got hit’ and maybe thinking that it was a little overdone,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-month low on technicals, rising world supply

Jan. 2, 2015 at 5:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to a one-month low on Friday on technical selling and pressure from rising global supplies as South American growers are expected to harvest bumper crops in the coming weeks. Technical selling also dragged corn and wheat prices to their lowest in three […]

By Karl Plume