Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat up, soy eases as China trade talks eyed

Feb. 13, 2019 at 6:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures advanced on Wednesday for a fourth straight session as a pickup in export activity and firm cash markets spurred commodity fund buying, traders said. Corn was little changed and soybeans eased as traders waited to see if U.S.-China trade talks would show the […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on South America weather, trade jitters

Feb. 11, 2019 at 7:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy firm after USDA data, focus turns to China talks

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:54 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on renewed China trade concerns

Feb. 7, 2019 at 2:39 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy edges higher after China sales

Feb. 6, 2019 at 6:14 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as USDA confirms large purchases by China

Feb. 5, 2019 at 6:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher for a third straight session on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed more soybean purchases by China. USDA reported nearly three million tonnes of U.S. soybean export sales on Tuesday, mostly to China, after high-level talks last week between […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on new China sales, shrinking Brazil crop

Feb. 4, 2019 at 7:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Monday on renewed Chinese demand for U.S. shipments and worries about a smaller Brazilian soy crop, but gains were limited by abundant global supplies and an uncertain outcome to Sino-U.S. trade talks. The extended Chinese market closure for the Lunar […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on fresh sales to China

Feb. 1, 2019 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The most-active U.S. soybean futures contract reached its highest level since June on Friday on news of fresh U.S. soy sales to China, but the market pared gains as traders considered plentiful global supplies. Wheat futures rose as firming U.S. cash markets signaled a pick-up in […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

Jan. 31, 2019 at 6:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on a rising estimate of Argentina’s crop and chart-based selling, analysts said, while soybeans and wheat also declined. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March corn settled down 4-3/4 cents at $3.76-1/2 a bushel (all figures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat firm as U.S. dollar retreats

Jan. 30, 2019 at 4:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Wednesday in light, largely technical trade as brokers awaited news from high-level U.S.-China trade talks in Washington, analysts said. Wheat followed the firm trend, drawing late support from a downturn in the U.S. dollar after the Federal Reserve struck […]

By Julie Ingwersen