Insights and Stories on Wheat

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CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report influences steep drop in wheat

Mar. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Of the changes to 2021-22 ending stocks in the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday, the global carryover for wheat was perhaps the most significant, according to Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. In its March world agricultural […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures limit down as USDA cuts exports

Mar. 9, 2022 at 3:05 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat futures down off rally

Mar. 8, 2022 at 4:32 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Iraq to create strategic wheat reserve

Mar. 7, 2022 at 7:00 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat limit up to 14-year highs

Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:23 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Russia-Ukraine conflict fuels price rallies

Mar. 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has not only sparked a conflict between two of the world’s major wheat exporters, but also limit-up price rallies for wheat futures during the week ended Thursday. As sanctions grow against Russia, as well as uncertainty over access to Ukrainian ports on the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat posts record weekly rise as Ukraine war drives volatility

Mar. 4, 2022 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures posted their biggest-ever weekly gain as prices on Friday jumped by their daily limit on deepening fears that Russia’s attack on Ukraine will cause prolonged disruptions to exports from the Black Sea region. Trading was volatile amid uncertainty over how […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat extends run to 14-year high on Russia-Ukraine supply threat

Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures galloped to another 14-year high on Thursday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increasingly fanned fears of massive disruptions to grain exports from the Black Sea region. Wheat and corn futures advanced by their daily trading limits during a volatile session, […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Rising oil prices increase freight charges

Mar. 3, 2022 at 12:37 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Acquiring livestock feed has been increasingly expensive as Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and a retaliatory ban on Russian oil imports by many Western nations, has caused oil prices to severely rise every day. As corn imports from the U.S. continue to make their way into Alberta feedlots, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures in a war trading scenario

Mar. 2, 2022 at 6:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has roiled grain and oilseed markets, with the unprecedented situation likely to lead to volatile and choppy activity in wheat, corn and soybean futures for the time being. Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts have posted the largest gains in response to the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin