Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat hits seven-month high on crop ratings

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices rose to roughly seven-month highs on Tuesday as low crop ratings and limited chances of rain in drought-hit parts of the Plains growing region kept attention on the risk of yield losses. The gains were fueled by U.S. Department of Agriculture data released […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on profit-taking

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans near one-year high

Feb. 23, 2018 at 4:52 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures about flat

Feb. 22, 2018 at 6:12 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise as drought withers crops in Argentina

Feb. 21, 2018 at 4:45 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soymeal rally lifts soy, corn

Feb. 20, 2018 at 6:20 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. soybean meal futures jumped to their highest level since July 2016 on Tuesday as a drought kept the heat on crops in Argentina, the world’s top exporter of the livestock feed. The rally helped lift soybean and corn prices, which touched seven-month and six-month highs, respectively. Sizzling […]

By Tom Polansek

Prairie wheat bids mixed while U.S. futures rise

Feb. 16, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST

CNS Canada — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Thursday, while U.S. wheat futures rose. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed in Western Canada with some unchanged and others rising by $1-$2, according […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy falls on profit-taking

Feb. 16, 2018 at 5:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell from their highest since late July on Friday as traders locked in profits from this week’s weather-driven rally. Soymeal futures were mixed, with the most active contract snapping an eight-session winning streak after rallying to its highest in more than a year […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat rise on weather concerns

Feb. 15, 2018 at 7:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday to their highest level since July 25 as an ongoing drought in key exporter Argentina underpinned prices. Soymeal futures, which hit a 19-month high, headed higher for the eighth straight session as fears have mounted that Argentina will struggle to […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Argentine weather underpins corn, soy

Feb. 14, 2018 at 4:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed on Wednesday, stabilizing near recent highs on persistent concerns about dry weather in Argentina hurting crops as they pass through key stages of development, traders said. Corn’s gains were limited as the rally stalled out at the six-month high hit […]

By Mark Weinraub