Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat falls on improving crop conditions, firmer dollar

Nov. 7, 2017 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell on Tuesday after a weekly government report said the recently planted winter crop was in better-than-expected shape and as a firming dollar created a headwind for the grain in export markets. Corn prices eased along with sinking wheat as pressure from an […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise as USDA report looms, soyoil rallies

Nov. 6, 2017 at 3:57 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall more than 1 pct as Brazilian currency weakens

Nov. 3, 2017 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn rises to one-week high on exports

Nov. 2, 2017 at 2:43 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy climbs to one-week high on yield worries

Nov. 1, 2017 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to contract lows on technical selling

Oct. 31, 2017 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday as technical selling pressure dragged prices lower for a fifth straight session. Chart-based selling accelerated as prices slipped below the prior day’s two-month low, more than offsetting supportive news of a large export sale to Iraq and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on Brazil rains, technical selling

Oct. 30, 2017 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures turned lower on Monday on forecasts for crop-boosting rains in some areas of Brazil and as technical selling and month-end positioning weighed on the market. Corn was narrowly mixed and wheat futures fell for a fourth straight session, with some wheat contract months […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sink as dollar rallies

Oct. 27, 2017 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, their third straight day of declines, as a firm U.S. dollar further dampened the already poor prospects for U.S. supplies on the export market, traders said. Corn futures also weakened, weighed down by the drop in wheat, while soybeans firmed […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on weak technicals, ample supplies

Oct. 26, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures weakened for a second consecutive day on Thursday, with technical sellers pushing prices lower after the market failed to hold support at key chart points, traders said. K.C. hard red winter wheat led the declines, sinking 1.2 per cent, as improving moisture conditions […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canadian barley, wheat futures fade away

Oct. 26, 2017 at 3:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — “If you build it, they won’t always come” turned out to be the case with ICE Futures Canada’s grain contracts, as they were finally delisted Thursday after years of little to no activity. Milling wheat and durum futures were introduced by ICE Futures Canada in 2012 in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin