Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans strike post-harvest highs on trade truce

Dec. 3, 2018 at 4:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied to their highest since at least August on Monday, joining a broad rally in commodity and equity prices after Washington and Beijing sealed a truce in a trade war that has halted nearly all U.S. soy shipments to the world’s top importer. […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn climb

Nov. 30, 2018 at 5:39 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans pause after two-day rise

Nov. 29, 2018 at 5:26 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on short-covering ahead of trade talks

Nov. 28, 2018 at 5:28 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise ahead of G20 talks, wheat declines

Nov. 27, 2018 at 5:47 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on fears of fading export prospects

Nov. 26, 2018 at 8:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent and neared a four-week low on Monday on chart-based selling and worries about export prospects for U.S. supplies amid a trade war with China, traders said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower. But wheat futures rose on fears that […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat tops one-week high on improving export demand

Nov. 23, 2018 at 5:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures topped one-week highs on Friday on hopes for improved export demand after sales to Egypt, while corn and soybean futures slumped. Egypt’s state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, said it bought 240,000 tonnes of wheat in an international purchasing tender […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures up on hopes of progress in U.S.-China dispute

Nov. 21, 2018 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures turned higher on Wednesday on optimism that Washington and Beijing will make progress at the upcoming G20 leaders summit toward resolving the trade dispute that has disrupted U.S. exports of the oilseed. Wheat futures slipped, while corn futures ended nearly unchanged after touching […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Bargain buying boosts soy futures

Nov. 20, 2018 at 3:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday, bouncing back from a sharp decline in a round of bargain buying after prices sank in the previous session to their lowest since Nov. 8, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed with short-covering boosting the most-active soft red winter wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy drops as trade concerns rise

Nov. 19, 2018 at 8:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 2.1 per cent on Monday, hitting their lowest since Nov. 8, as a lack of consensus at a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders cooled hopes of Washington and Beijing resolving a trade dispute that has disrupted U.S. soybean exports to China. Wheat prices […]

By Mark Weinraub