Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump

May. 18, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Friday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract surging 4.1 per cent on forecasts for dry conditions that could further stress an already damaged crop. The weather outlook also threatened to slow planting progress in the […]

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

May. 17, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

May. 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end higher after choppy trade

May. 15, 2018 at 6:49 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

May. 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans to one-month low on technicals, trade worries

May. 11, 2018 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a month on Friday on a mix of technical selling ahead of the weekend and uncertainty about how trade disputes would affect exports, analysts said. Wheat and corn also fell, pressured by long liquidation and bearish data […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

May. 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bearish USDA crop forecast

May. 10, 2018 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a near two-week low on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first official estimate of the 2018-19 U.S. wheat harvest came in above trade expectations. Soybean futures rose, while corn followed wheat lower. CBOT July wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn lower ahead of monthly USDA reports

May. 9, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a one-week low on Wednesday on position-squaring ahead of a monthly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and forecasts for welcome rains in Russia’s crop belt, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures were also lower ahead of the USDA’s […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries, bargain buying

May. 8, 2018 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rose Tuesday on bargain hunting following Monday’s sharp declines, and worries about wet forecasts slowing planting in portions of the northern Midwest, analysts said. U.S. wheat futures finished mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures rising while […]

By Julie Ingwersen