Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering

Sep. 8, 2016 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data

Sep. 7, 2016 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

Sep. 6, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:01 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

Sep. 1, 2016 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

Aug. 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures posted a fourth consecutive month of losses on Wednesday, pulled down by plentiful global supplies, while expectations of bumper U.S. harvests pressured soybeans and corn. At the Chicago Board of Trade, most-active December wheat settled down four cents at $3.88-1/4 per bushel (all […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

Aug. 30, 2016 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell to multi-year lows on Tuesday and soybeans hit a four-week low on expectations for big crops and rising grain supplies, traders and analysts said. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled down 13-1/2 cents at $9.50-3/4 per bushel […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Aug. 26, 2016 at 5:26 pm CDT

Reuters — Wheat futures dropped to their lowest price in Chicago in nearly a decade on Friday, pressured by ample supplies and technical selling. Corn dropped for the fifth straight session and soybeans lost ground for the fourth straight day, as a U.S. tour of mostly robust crops wrapped up. […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Aug. 25, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations […]

By Rod Nickel