Insights and Stories on Wheat

StatsCan confirms tight grain and oilseed stocks

Feb. 8, 2022 at 7:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s tight supplies of canola, wheat and other crops following the 2021 Prairie drought received more confirmation from Statistics Canada with the release of updated stocks data on Tuesday. Canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2021, of 7.6 million tonnes were down 43 per cent from the previous […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip ahead of USDA report

Feb. 8, 2022 at 6:34 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: South American dryness lifts soybeans, corn

Feb. 7, 2022 at 6:19 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on South American crop shortfall

Feb. 4, 2022 at 4:57 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn sags on export worries

Feb. 3, 2022 at 4:52 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta blockade affects feed grain deliveries

Feb. 2, 2022 at 10:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — A truck blockade at a Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. has caused some headaches for grain buyers in southern parts of the province. Since Saturday, commercial trucks and other vehicles have blocked Highway 4, a 103-km stretch which runs from the border to Lethbridge, to protest COVID-19 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans at US$16 possible, trader says

Feb. 2, 2022 at 6:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Prices for soybeans and corn at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) could push higher in the coming weeks, should South America remain dry, according to Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag at Fargo, N.D. More and more estimates on soybean production in Brazil have been projecting a much […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on supply worries

Feb. 2, 2022 at 6:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to an eight-month peak on Wednesday as reduced South American harvest prospects and improving U.S. export demand lifted the market for a seventh straight session. Corn retreated as spread traders sold contracts and bought soybeans and rising ethanol stocks fuelled concerns about […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as Brazil crop estimates shrink

Feb. 1, 2022 at 6:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to a seven-month high Tuesday on fears that a smaller-than-expected Brazilian harvest will tighten global soy stocks and steer export demand to U.S. supplies, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans higher and wheat firmed on bargain-buying after a three per cent dip […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on U.S. weather, reduced fears over Ukraine

Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than three per cent on Monday to their lowest in nearly two weeks on forecasts of welcome moisture in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and waning fears of imminent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, traders said. Corn futures followed wheat down, […]

By Julie Ingwersen