Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat surpass one-month highs

Sep. 24, 2018 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures jumped on Monday to their highest levels in over a month on technical buying as well as concerns about rain stalling the country’s autumn harvests. Soybean futures slumped as China — the world’s top buyer of the oilseed — and the […]

U.S. grains: Corn higher on export demand, short-covering

Sep. 21, 2018 at 8:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up as export data sparks short-covering

Sep. 20, 2018 at 5:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from 10-year low

Sep. 19, 2018 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy hits 10-year low on huge U.S. crop, trade woes

Sep. 18, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn slips to contract lows

Sep. 17, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about one per cent on Monday, with nearby months hitting contract lows as the harvest of a bumper crop picked up speed in the Midwest and early yield reports were strong, traders said. Soybean futures also declined on harvest progress, along with […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on bargain buying, corn follows

Sep. 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped three per cent on Friday, rebounding from an eight-week low on a round of technical buying and short-covering ahead of the weekend, traders said. The gains in wheat pulled corn futures slightly higher but expectations for a bumper U.S. harvest stifled rally […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as harvest expectations rise

Sep. 13, 2018 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased on Thursday, giving up early gains after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was under no pressure to make a trade deal with China, the biggest buyer of the oilseed. Wheat futures, which fell for the seventh […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — An unexpected upward revision to this year’s U.S. corn yields sent prices dropping Wednesday, and more losses are likely, according to market analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a report released Wednesday, pegged average corn yields at 181.3 bushels per acre — up by about three […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles after USDA boosts production forecast

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell 3.6 per cent on Wednesday, for their biggest daily declines since April, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for U.S. production more than analysts expected, traders said. Wheat futures also tumbled, tracking losses in corn and on pressure from […]

By Michael Hirtzer