Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week peak on hopes for China trade talks

Jul. 31, 2018 at 3:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures surged 3 percent on Tuesday to 1-1/2-month highs on hopes that the United States and China would restart stalled talks to avert a damaging trade war that has already slowed U.S. soy exports. Corn and wheat climbed along with soybeans, drawing additional support […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dimming world crop prospects

Jul. 30, 2018 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy rises on export prospects

Jul. 27, 2018 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures close firm

Jul. 26, 2018 at 3:45 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat near limit-up on yield concerns

Jul. 25, 2018 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy jumps as U.S. readies aid for farmers

Jul. 24, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to two-week highs on Tuesday as the Trump administration said it would provide up to US$12 billion in aid to shield U.S. farmers from economic pain stemming from trade disputes. The program will include direct payments for farmers, and those who grow […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats after nearing six-week peak

Jul. 23, 2018 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures pulled back on Monday after approaching a six-week high on concerns about dry weather eating into harvests in some of the world’s main exporting countries. Corn futures advanced for the sixth consecutive session to reach their highest prices in three weeks, while soybeans […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat up on technical buying, export hopes

Jul. 20, 2018 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sailed to their highest prices in more than a month on Friday on technical buying and expectations for increased U.S. exports as poor crop weather hurts harvests in other countries. Corn and soybean futures each advanced for the fifth straight day. Traders focused […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Markets rise on corn export demand, crop worries

Jul. 19, 2018 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures rose on Thursday on strong demand for corn and worries that harvests may be smaller than expected due to unfavourable global weather. Soybean futures shook off early losses to end higher despite concerns about the ongoing trade battle with China, the world’s top […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Markets set one-week highs on export hopes, weather woes

Jul. 18, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures touched their highest prices in about a week on Wednesday, as agricultural markets stabilized following recent drops to contract lows. Hopes for increased U.S. commodity export demand helped support soy prices after the market fell to a 10-year low on Monday […]

By Tom Polansek