Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on macroeconomic fears, biofuel worries

Aug. 20, 2021 at 6:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in nearly two months on Friday and corn set a near one-month low on macroeconomic concerns along with beneficial rains in the western Midwest and Plains, analysts said. Soyoil futures fell more than five per cent on reports that […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on broad commodities weakness

Aug. 19, 2021 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on technicals, U.S. weather

Aug. 18, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Russia’s agriculture ministry pauses grain harvesting data

Aug. 18, 2021 at 1:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT weekly outlook: Focus shifts away from USDA supply, demand estimates

Aug. 18, 2021 at 1:40 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles on profit-taking off eight-year high

Aug. 17, 2021 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than three per cent on Tuesday in a profit-taking setback after the most-active contract reached an 8-1/2-year high last week, traders said. Corn and soybean futures followed wheat lower, with soybeans retreating from early advances despite fresh export sales of U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat ends mixed, near 8-1/2-year high

Aug. 16, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures took a breather on Monday after setting 8-1/2-year highs last week on concerns about tightening supplies in exporting countries hit by harsh weather. Russian agriculture consultancy Sovecon trimmed its forecast for Russia’s crop by 0.3 per cent from last week […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to decline in September

Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the harvest approaches, the yield potential for feed grains in Alberta may depend on where they are grown, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta. “From what I hear, it’s going to be a bit lower (than average), (but) I think […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. slashes corn, soybean, wheat harvest forecasts

Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. government slashed its outlook for domestic corn production by 2.7 percent and its soybean harvest view by 1.5 percent on Thursday as dry soils in key western growing areas cut into the potential for a bumper harvest. The dry conditions also hampered U.S. wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: DDGs becoming another feed option

Aug. 9, 2021 at 9:51 am CDT

MarketsFarm – As traditional feed grains such as barley and wheat become more expensive due to persistent drought-like conditions in the Prairies, many feedlots are using alternative sources of feed for their animals. Dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGs), the grain by-products which remain after starch has been fermented through […]

By Adam Peleshaty