Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on weather outlook

Apr. 20, 2018 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, with forecasts for beneficial crop weather across key growing areas sparking a round of fund liquidation ahead of the weekend, trader said. Wheat led the declines with the front-month Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat […]

U.S. grains: Export concerns pressure soy

Apr. 19, 2018 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to one-week top, pulls corn higher

Apr. 18, 2018 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures drop despite slow planting pace

Apr. 17, 2018 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop as weather improves

Apr. 16, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat at one-week low on wetter U.S. outlooks

Apr. 13, 2018 at 7:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday to a one-week low, pressured by forecasts for much-needed rain late next week in the southern Plains winter wheat belt, analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower amid a lack of fresh supportive news, and soybeans turned down, erasing early advances, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on sluggish export demand

Apr. 12, 2018 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on reminders of ample world supplies and strong competition for export business, along with some forecasts for much-needed rains next week in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures rose on export demand for U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat ends lower on plentiful world supplies

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell roughly one per cent on Wednesday amid reminders of plentiful global supplies and some outlooks for rain in the Plains wheat belt late next week. Corn declined on technical selling and soybeans turned lower, a day after the spot May contract set […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on USDA data

Apr. 10, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture trimmed its forecast of U.S. 2017-18 soybean ending stocks in a monthly report, bucking trade expectations for an increase. Wheat closed modestly higher on technical buying and worries about poor weather in the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on U.S. weather woes

Apr. 9, 2018 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures surged nearly four per cent on Monday, nearing a one-month high as cold weather threatened to stress U.S. wheat already weakened by drought, traders said. Soybean futures rose on signs of fresh export demand and corn followed the firm trend, with wintry conditions […]

By Julie Ingwersen