Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures dip on profit-taking

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures eased on Tuesday but remained near their nearly three-month highs as the government’s reduced forecasts for this year’s harvests continued to underpin prices, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, supported by uncertainty over Black Sea supplies following Russian […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures hit June highs

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Funds add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rally ahead of USDA report next week

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:08 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Feed weekly outlook: No effect seen on Alberta crops from hot, wet weather

Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat futures retreat after rally

Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, settling back from a sharp rally a day earlier as investors weighed Russian criticism of a Ukrainian grain export deal against prospects of a slowing global economy, traders said. Corn futures also were weaker despite growing concerns about a disappointing […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ending stocks tumble due to drought: StatCan

Sep. 7, 2022 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Severe drought in Western Canada during the summer of 2021 has played a major part in reducing the stocks for Canada’s principal field crops at the end of the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada. Canada’s central data agency released a report Wednesday presenting total ending stocks […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres, smaller yields anticipated in U.S.

Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Monday, Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy said corn and soybean acres are likely to increase, while yields are to decrease. Georgy projected USDA will up its call on U.S. planted corn […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on new concerns about Ukraine exports

Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied 3.3 per cent to their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday as criticism by Russia of a wartime export deal for Ukrainian grain revived concerns about the movement of supplies out of the Black Sea shipment hub. Corn and soybean futures […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall 1.5 per cent

Sep. 6, 2022 at 4:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Tuesday as Argentina’s decision to offer farmers a better exchange rate for their crops threatened to raise export competition at a time when U.S. offerings typically dominate the market. “It just makes more product readily available short-term,” said […]

By Mark Weinraub