Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease on warmer weather

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean, corn and wheat futures all settled down on Monday after early strength, as outlooks for improved U.S. weather boosted crop production prospects, analysts said. The August soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade settled down 14-3/4 cents at $8.89-3/4 a bushel and new-crop […]

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in three years on USDA acreage view

Jun. 28, 2019 at 7:38 pm CDT

By Barbara Smith Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat as farm belt heats up

Jun. 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA’s acreage report could push up prices

Jun. 26, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on improved weather

Jun. 26, 2019 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Barbara Smith

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

Jun. 25, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight day on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of U.S. crops deteriorated last week following rain, although gains were pared late in the session on improving weather. Soybeans turned lower on forecasts for a […]

By Barbara Smith

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on global weather worries

Jun. 24, 2019 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed nearly two per cent on Monday due to weather-damaged crops in key production areas around the world, while corn and soybeans firmed as wet U.S. Midwest conditions stoked concerns about reduced harvests. Some optimism that U.S.-China trade talks may get back on […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn ease as traders expect improving weather

Jun. 21, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures slumped on Friday on expectations that crops may benefit next week from a break in the rains that stalled plantings across the American Midwest this spring. Widespread storms caused unprecedented delays in corn plantings and prevented farmers from planting crops across […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

Jun. 20, 2019 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Thursday as expectations for more rain in the U.S. Midwest heightened worries about bad weather reducing autumn harvests. Forecasts called for rain over the next five days, which would keep some fields too wet to plant and add stress […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish U.S. Midwest weather story not over

Jun. 19, 2019 at 5:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may have run into some profit-taking resistance, but underlying concerns over wet fields and lost acres should keep the general uptrend in place heading through the summer. “I don’t think this weather story is anywhere near over,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin