Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower in volatile session

Mar. 23, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed mostly lower on Friday after a wild session that saw the May soybean contract tumble to its lowest in over a month on worries about trade tensions, only to pare losses and briefly turn higher in late moves as soymeal soared. Corn […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after weather-driven selloff

Mar. 22, 2018 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Grain supply starting to dry up

Mar. 22, 2018 at 2:43 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wetter forecasts pressure K.C. wheat

Mar. 21, 2018 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat prices bounce after steep losses

Mar. 20, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to six-week lows on Monday as much-needed rain and snow fell in dry areas of the southern Plains, pushing most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat futures down more than five per cent, traders said. Corn and soybean futures sagged on fund-driven long […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast for rains

Mar. 16, 2018 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures dropped to a 2-1/2-week low on Friday on outlooks for rains by this weekend that should alleviate stress on some crops in the parched U.S. Plains growing region, traders said. CBOT May contract wheat settled down 11 cents at $4.67-3/4 per bushel, bringing […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie wheat stored as southern Plains dry out

Mar. 15, 2018 at 7:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A rise in U.S. corn prices has helped lift the entire feed market in southern Alberta, though one industry expert says it isn’t the only factor strengthening the market. “Barley is getting increasingly difficult to buy as we clean up old-crop supplies,” said Allen Pirness of Market […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat sharply lower in technical sell-off

Mar. 15, 2018 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat fell nearly two per cent on Thursday in a technical sell-off amid outlooks for rain in the parched U.S. Plains crop belt, traders and analysts said. Disappointing weekly U.S. wheat export sales added to headwinds, with CBOT May wheat dropping 10 […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on acreage outlook

Mar. 14, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures tumbled on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and outlooks for record-large U.S. plantings this year, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures dropped 16-1/2 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $10.32-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). Prices accelerated declines […]

By Michael Hirtzer