Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

Spring wheat futures find support, soybeans/corn rangebound

Apr. 3, 2024 at 3:32 pm CDT

After hitting their softest levels in three years, the Minneapolis spring wheat market uncovered some support on April 3, although all the spring-seeded U.S. crops could hold rangebound through the planting season.

Large fund short position shrinking in canola

Mar. 25, 2024 at 11:34 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie wheat bids rise as U.S. futures attempt recovery

Mar. 15, 2024 at 1:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie wheat bids mixed as choppy futures trend lower

Feb. 23, 2024 at 9:51 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rises nearly four per cent on short-covering, corn and soy climb

Feb. 20, 2024 at 5:37 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Weaker U.S. futures drag Western Canadian wheat bids

Feb. 16, 2024 at 10:29 am CST

United States wheat futures hit new contract lows and pressured Western Canadian wheat bids during the week ended Feb. 15.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures under pressure as jobs data lifts US dollar

Feb. 2, 2024 at 3:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell about one per cent on Friday and corn also declined as the dollar .DXY soared after a much stronger-than-expected monthly U.S. jobs report reduced expectations of near-term Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. “When that jobs report came out, the U.S. dollar […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: U.S. futures raise Western Canadian bids

Jan. 26, 2024 at 11:20 am CST

The relatively low prices created some interest in the export market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported net wheat export sales of 451,400 tonnes in its weekly report on Jan. 25, down 36 per cent from the previous week but up 45 per cent from the four-week average. Recent severe cold weather in the northwestern U.S. Plains may have also caused some crop damage.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Western Canadian wheat bids trend down with U.S. futures

Jan. 19, 2024 at 3:22 pm CST

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada continued to trend lower during the week ended Jan. 18, as a move to contract lows in the United States futures weighed on values and countered support from a weaker Canadian dollar.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Prices fall back, more so for CWRS, CPSR

Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:15 am CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices across the Prairies lost ground during the week ended Nov. 23, with Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats incurring larger declines than those for durum. Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat futures pulled back during the week, but Chicago nudged up a little. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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