Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

Feb. 27, 2019 at 6:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Wednesday after a U.S. trade official said purchase promises were not enough to solve U.S.-China trade issues and that it was too early to predict an outcome to talks between the two countries. Any deal between Washington and Beijing must include […]

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

Feb. 26, 2019 at 7:00 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade hopes

Feb. 25, 2019 at 5:28 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Crop prices seesaw as traders eye China talks

Feb. 22, 2019 at 7:18 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Feb. 21, 2019 at 3:39 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy in ‘little bit of a free fall’

Feb. 20, 2019 at 6:03 pm CST

Soybeans, wheat and corn have been trading generally lower of late on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In particular soybeans are in “a little bit of a free fall,” said Terry Reilly, senior agriculture futures analyst with Futures International in Chicago. “It’s purely technical. We closed below the 100-day […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Feb. 20, 2019 at 4:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged yet again on Wednesday as traders fretted over lagging U.S. exports despite them being competitively priced in the global market. Soybeans started the day off on the negative side, with the most active soybean contract dipping just below the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat futures plunge on sluggish exports

Feb. 19, 2019 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures all soured on Tuesday as U.S. wheat sellers failed to nab any export sales and traders waited impatiently for news on the latest of talks on the U.S.-China trade war. Wheat was the story of the day: Most […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to multimonth lows as global prices sag

Feb. 15, 2019 at 6:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to multimonth lows on Friday, despite broad strength in commodity and equity markets as grain traders monitored bearish technical signals as well as falling prices in the global cash wheat market. Soybeans climbed on optimism about U.S. trade negotiations with China, the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: U.S. exports get no Valentine’s Day love

Feb. 14, 2019 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains and soybean futures tumbled on Thursday on news that China and other buyers had canceled a flurry of U.S. soybean orders in early January and Argentina’s soy crop could be larger than previously expected, traders said. The U.S. Department of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter