Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on short-covering

Mar. 14, 2019 at 8:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rallied on Thursday for the second time in three days, hitting their highest in more than a week as investors scrambled to unwind short positions, traders said. The short squeeze came as the winter wheat crop in the U.S. has […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Mar. 13, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as investors cover shorts

Mar. 12, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat futures plunge to contract lows

Mar. 11, 2019 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows

Mar. 8, 2019 at 4:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat sag as trade news awaited

Mar. 6, 2019 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell roughly one per cent on Wednesday and wheat slipped nearly three per cent on sluggish export demand for U.S. grains and a lack of news on U.S.-Chinese trade negotiations, traders said. “The single biggest potential factor right now that could […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

Mar. 6, 2019 at 2:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Fresh news out of U.S./China trade talks will move the soybean and corn markets in the near future, rather than USDA’s next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), according to an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. However, a lack of fresh news regarding those trade […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as news of China trade deal awaited

Mar. 5, 2019 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain futures struggled to gain any traction on Tuesday, with wheat rising slightly on technical buying and soybeans slipping as traders anxiously awaited more news on the U.S.-China trade talks. Corn futures inched up late in the trading session, finding support on planting concerns and […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade deal hopes

Mar. 4, 2019 at 5:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Monday amid news reports that Beijing and Washington are close to settling a lingering trade dispute, a breakthrough that could boost China’s demand for U.S. soy and other agricultural products. Corn also rose, pulling away from a three-month low struck in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest weekly decline in half a year

Mar. 1, 2019 at 6:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices fell on Friday and posted their steepest weekly decline since late August as technical selling and competitive global supplies pressured prices. Soybean and corn prices rose, rebounding from earlier losses, but gains were capped on concerns surrounding strong export competition. The most-active wheat […]

By Stephanie Kelly