Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

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 […]

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat firm on technical bounce, tightening global supplies

Sep. 10, 2018 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures close firm; wheat falls for 4th day

Sep. 7, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat extends losing streak

Sep. 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat weakens on poor export demand

Sep. 5, 2018 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, its third decline out of the last four sessions, as export prospects for U.S. supplies remained dim despite crop shortfalls in key production areas of the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn dropped after […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian export plans

Sep. 4, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped 2.5 per cent on Tuesday to a one-week low after Russia’s agriculture ministry said it had no plans to restrict grain exports from the world’s biggest wheat supplier, traders said. Corn firmed on support from news that Argentina planned to impose a […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering

Aug. 31, 2018 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of a long holiday weekend, but both commodities posted monthly declines as prospects for large U.S. harvests weighed on prices. Wheat climbed on technical buying, along with worries about tightening global supplies. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy, wheat markets stabilizing

Aug. 30, 2018 at 8:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Corn, soybean and wheat markets at the Chicago Board of Trade are starting to stabilize after a wild week. “Obviously we’ve been down a little bit here this week. We’re recovering some here today, the wheat’s doing the biggest recovery of all,” said Jack Scoville of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as huge harvest looms

Aug. 30, 2018 at 8:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Thursday on expectations of a massive U.S. harvest and worries about sluggish demand, traders said. Wheat futures fell on technical selling and profit-taking after Wednesday’s 3.5 per cent surge while corn futures were little changed. Chicago Board of Trade November soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen