Insights and Stories on Wheat

Not much price movement in Canadian organic grain market

Dec. 2, 2022 at 11:53 am CST

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff There hasn’t been a lot movement for most organic grain prices in Canada over the last month, according to people in the industry. Since the harvests wrapped up in Ontario and on the Prairies earlier this fall, those grains for which prices are currently […]

U.S. grains: Soy snaps win streak on disappointing biofuel mandates

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Circumstances could mess with usual holiday lull

Nov. 30, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Nov. 30, 2022 at 5:59 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism

Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:24 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat inches higher on hopes China will ease COVID-19 measures

Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat finished slightly higher on Tuesday after the previous day’s three-month low, as investors saw hope that China would ease measures to counter COVID-19 infections after rare protests in the country unsettled markets a day earlier. Soybeans also gained on optimism about China, but corn […]

By Rod Nickel

Fund position back to net short in canola

Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Heavy long-liquidation in ICE Futures canola saw the managed money speculative position flip back to a net short after a brief flirtation with a net long, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The weekly report was delayed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles to three-month low in broad sell-off

Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday to a three-month low, as commodity and equity markets dropped on concern about the impact of rare protests in China against its strict anti-COVID-19 policy. Cheap supplies from Russia and elsewhere in the Black Sea are adding competition for U.S. wheat, […]

By Rod Nickel

EU cuts estimate of drought-hit maize crop, raises import outlook

Nov. 25, 2022 at 5:50 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission on Friday cut its estimate of this year’s drought-hit maize harvest in the European Union to a new 15-year low while again raising its projection for this season’s maize imports. European maize (corn) crops endured severe drought and several heatwaves during the crucial […]

By Gus Trompiz

U.S. grains: Corn futures turn higher

Nov. 25, 2022 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended higher on Friday as the market continues to closely watch the weather in South America, on what turned into a relatively choppy and short trading day, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat futures fell sharply — with the December contract hitting […]

By P.J. Huffstutter