Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on short-covering

Oct. 5, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose more than two per cent on Wednesday as signs of fresh export demand triggered a short-covering rally in a market where commodity funds hold a large net short position, traders said. Corn futures ended lower after a choppy session while soybeans fell, […]

MGEX spring wheat futures pull away from winter wheat

Oct. 4, 2016 at 3:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybean rally snuffed out as harvest advances

Oct. 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn jumps in trading against wheat

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn jumps on positioning, new signals of feed demand

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures strong, wheat weak

Sep. 29, 2016 at 2:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday on a mild round of bargain buying and short-covering ahead of a key government report on Friday, traders said. Signs of strong export demand for the oilseed also lent support to soybean futures but gains were kept in check by […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall on harvest pressure

Sep. 28, 2016 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures weakened Wednesday on expectations that drier weather in the coming days will allow farmers in the Midwest to ramp up the harvest of what is expected to be record-large crops, traders said. MGEX spring wheat and K.C. hard red winter wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat edge higher on short-covering

Sep. 27, 2016 at 2:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and oilseed futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with soybeans rebounding from an earlier five-month low on support from investor short-covering ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly stocks report due on Friday. Rainfall delayed the U.S. corn and soybean harvests, while heavy […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy decline to one-week lows

Sep. 26, 2016 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell one per cent or more on Monday, pressured by outlooks for drier weather conditions that should let farmers make headway in gathering record-large crops, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures also were lower as investors squared positions ahead […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow cash market lower

Sep. 23, 2016 at 11:00 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent to a one-week low Friday morning on reports of big harvest yields and heavy farmer sales on the cash market, traders said. Wheat futures weakened as traders said ample global supplies were likely to blunt the impact of India’s […]

By Mark Weinraub