Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soy futures break 10-year low on China trade tensions

May. 9, 2019 at 6:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures tumbled to their lowest prices in more than a decade on Thursday as traders worried that make-or-break trade talks between Washington and Beijing would fail to produce a deal. Corn and wheat futures also fell as a two-day U.S.-China trade meeting was set […]

U.S. grains: Prices slip as weather outlook favours corn planting

May. 8, 2019 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures stabilize, eyeing China trade talks

May. 7, 2019 at 4:07 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans plunge after Trump tariff threat against China

May. 6, 2019 at 8:27 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy down fourth straight week on export worries, big supplies

May. 3, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Weak export data drags soybeans to new lows

May. 2, 2019 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures posted contract lows for a fourth straight session on Thursday after weak U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) export sales data and amid ongoing concerns that rain-delayed corn sowing would increase soy plantings. Corn was mixed as spillover pressure from lower soybeans offset support […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Export worries, big supplies drag soybean futures to new lows

May. 1, 2019 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to fresh contract lows on Wednesday, pressured by sluggish exports and worries that rain-delayed U.S. corn seeding would expand the number of acres planted with soybeans, which can be sown later in the spring. Corn futures firmed as soggy fields around much […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat hit new lows as supplies outweigh rainy weather

Apr. 30, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday and struck fresh contract lows in most months as burdensome global stocks and sluggish U.S. exports dragged prices lower, triggering technical selling. Wheat futures, too, posted contract lows as better-than-expected U.S. winter crop conditions added […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn firms as rains stall planting

Apr. 29, 2019 at 3:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Monday, hitting the highest point in a week as wet weather across much of the U.S. Midwest and forecasts for continued rains this week threatened to prolong spring planting delays. Soybeans were lower on sluggish U.S. exports, abundant global supplies and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn higher on wet weather forecast

Apr. 26, 2019 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose about one per cent on Friday as wet weather forecast for the Midwest crop belt prompted short-covering, analysts said, while soybeans fell to multi-month lows. Wheat futures firmed slightly but still recorded a weekly decline as ample global supplies anchored the market. […]

By Julie Ingwersen