Insights and Stories on Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids trend lower with U.S. futures

Jul. 15, 2022 at 4:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Friday, as losses in U.S. futures more than countered the supportive influence of the weakening Canadian dollar. Seasonal harvest pressure contributed to the declines, as the U.S. winter wheat harvest progressed northward. Average Canada Western Red […]

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low

Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Grains under pressure awaiting new crop

Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend losing streak

Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT weekly outlook: Volatility ahead as U.S. inflation rises

Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Shifting weather forecasts may have led to choppy activity in U.S. grain and oilseed markets during the week ended Wednesday, but rising inflation may create even more turbulence going forward, according to an analyst. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the annual rate of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Larger spring wheat crop expected in U.S.

Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Early indications point to a much larger spring wheat crop in the United States in 2022 compared to the drought-stricken 2021 crop despite the late seeding, according to the latest production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In USDA’s first official production estimates of the growing season […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Futures plunge after USDA raises supply outlook, trims some demand

Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures fell sharply on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) boosted key crop supply forecasts and scaled back some demand expectations in a monthly report. Benchmark corn, soy and wheat futures all retreated back to pre-Ukraine war levels as soaring […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries

Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed on Monday on forecasts for hot, dry conditions across the Midwest farm belt as well as technical buying and positioning ahead of Tuesday’s monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand reports. The market eased from overnight highs, however, as updated […]

By Karl Plume

USDA attaché alters call on China’s ending stocks

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the July world supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Tuesday, the department’s attaché in Beijing put forth its forecast changes. The attaché lowered ending stocks for China’s new-crop soybeans and rapeseed, while it increased the carryover for new-crop corn […]

By MarketsFarm