Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally after U.S. slashes harvest estimates

Jul. 12, 2021 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed on Monday on lower-than-expected production estimates for domestic crops damaged by searing weather and drought, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also jumped. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report, slashed its harvest outlook for spring wheat other than durum […]

Net long position in canola nears lowest level of past year

Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Rain pushes corn to 12 per cent weekly drop

Jul. 9, 2021 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on cool, wet forecast

Jul. 8, 2021 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta feed prices rising

Jul. 8, 2021 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy futures rebound on declining crop condition

Jul. 7, 2021 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Wednesday, recouping a portion of heavy losses from a day earlier, as a lower-than-expected U.S. crop rating tempered hopes that rain will improve field conditions. Rains from Friday into next week will offer timely moisture for corn that […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn limit down as crop weather improves

Jul. 6, 2021 at 7:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sank by the daily limit on Tuesday as forecasts for cooler, wetter U.S. weather eased concerns about unfavourable crop conditions. Prices pulled back after climbing 12 per cent last week on lower-than-anticipated U.S. plantings estimates from the Department of Agriculture. […]

By Tom Polansek

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids spike

Jul. 4, 2021 at 1:44 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday spiked sharply for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats, while gains for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) were much more subdued. Steep increases in U.S. wheat markets supported values — as did […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices dip in Alberta, steady to higher elsewhere

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Alberta pulled back a little this week — and it wasn’t because the province has generally received more rain than the other two Prairie provinces. “There hasn’t been the demand as we typically have at this time of year,” Erin Harakal, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat on profit-taking

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures retreated on profit-taking on Friday, while soybean futures extended gains fueled by lower-than-expected U.S. acreage estimates and dry weather in part of the Midwest, traders said. Corn pulled back after surging by the daily, exchange-imposed limit on Wednesday when the […]

By Tom Polansek