Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak China trade data

Jan. 14, 2019 at 4:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a 1-1/2-week low on Monday on technical selling and on concerns about demand from China as the world’s top soy importer remains locked in a tariff war with the United States. Wheat also fell after Russia, the world’s top supplier, left […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dollar weakness, export hopes

Jan. 11, 2019 at 5:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink as China trade optimism wavers

Jan. 10, 2019 at 3:56 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on China trade optimism

Jan. 9, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip from rally, eyes on China talks

Jan. 8, 2019 at 7:49 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy firm on Brazil dryness, China trade hopes

Jan. 7, 2019 at 5:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday for a fourth straight session and notched a three-week high on concern about dry weather in Brazil and as trade talks between Washington and Beijing raised hopes of accelerated export purchases by China. Corn and wheat eased as some traders […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as China talks fuel export hopes

Jan. 4, 2019 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a two-week high on Friday on optimism over U.S.-China trade talks planned for next week, coupled with declining estimates of the size of Brazil’s developing crop, traders said. Corn and wheat followed the firm trend, with brightening export prospects for both […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on technical bounce, export prospects

Jan. 3, 2019 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about 1.4 per cent on Thursday, reaching a one-week high on a technical rebound from multi-month lows and optimism about U.S. export prospects, analysts said. Soybeans hit a two-week top on worries about declining Brazilian crop prospects and rumours of Chinese buying […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy up on crop stress in Brazil, hopes for China talks

Jan. 2, 2019 at 4:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures advanced to a near two-week high on Wednesday on declining yield prospects in Brazil and optimism about U.S. trade relations with top global soy buyer China, traders said. Wheat futures rose, rebounding from multi-month lows on short-covering and concerns about excessive rains in […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat eases in thin holiday trade

Dec. 31, 2018 at 4:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Monday in thin, technically driven trade, brokers said, but still posted a yearly gain of nearly 18 per cent. U.S. soybean futures ended lower, retreating from early advances tied to signs of thawing trade tension between […]

By Julie Ingwersen P.J. Huffstutter