Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Export demand boosts soybeans

Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, hitting their highest in nearly a month on expectations that demand for U.S. supplies will remain strong due to harvest shortfalls in South America, traders said. The crop woes in Argentina and […]

EU offers farmers aid, more land to grow due to Ukraine war

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:55 pm CDT

By Gabriela Baczynska philip-blenkinsop

CBOT weekly outlook: Grain markets rangebound

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise on strong exports

Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy up on expectations for long Ukraine conflict

Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rise in choppy activity

Mar. 21, 2022 at 3:14 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, although the uncertain situation in Ukraine saw some wide price swings in U.S. wheat futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $11.30-$16.30 per tonne, according to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

Mar. 18, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw minor revisions, the government agency cautioned that “the economic outlook, for the world and Canadian grain markets, is particularly uncertain […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy futures fall

Mar. 18, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures eased on Friday as traders monitored diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and gauged continuing disruptions to Black Sea crop exports. More than three weeks after launching its invasion, in what Moscow calls a “special military operation,” the Russian […]

By Tom Polansek

Ukraine war already impacting food security, U.N. agency warns

Mar. 18, 2022 at 2:09 am CDT

London | Reuters — The war in Ukraine is already resulting in rising food prices and a shortage of staple crops in parts of central Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Thursday. The Russian invasion of Ukraine last […]

By Maytaal Angel

U.S. grains: Wheat recoups from early weakness

Mar. 17, 2022 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade wheat shaking off early weakness, as traders continued to wrestle with supply disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Markets are closely watching the talks to end the war in Ukraine, which Russia calls “a […]

By Julie Ingwersen