Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall

Jul. 1, 2021 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures fell on Thursday while corn firmed slightly, with all three commodities closing well off their session peaks on a round of profit taking after rallying to their highest since mid-June, traders said. Forecasts for improving crop weather in the U.S. Midwest […]

Organic price quotes: June

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:03 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports generate immediate turnaround

Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy surge as U.S. farmers plant fewer acres than expected

Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy mixed ahead of plantings, stocks reports

Jun. 29, 2021 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Canada’s canola acres up from earlier forecast

Jun. 29, 2021 at 1:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian farmers seeded more canola in 2021 than originally intended, with a number of other crops also seeing adjustments higher as dry weather through the planting season allowed for a fast seeding pace. In its June estimates of principal field crop areas, released Tuesday, Statistics Canada pegged total […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rally as hot forecasts trump rains

Jun. 28, 2021 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, with traders focused on forecasts for heat in the western U.S. Midwest that will quickly dry out soils in major production areas. “The forward forecasts have the heat that is presently over the Pacific Northwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canola, wheat acres in opposite trends before StatsCan report

Jun. 25, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Just days prior to Statistics Canada issuing its latest survey-based crop acreage report on Tuesday next week, analysts are estimating a rise in canola acres at the expense of wheat. “Coming through the winter and towards spring seeding, we were looking at canola prices that were at their […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Court ruling, rains pressure corn, soy

Jun. 25, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Corn and soybean futures tumbled on Friday after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolstered a bid by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from laws requiring them to blend ethanol or other biofuels into their products, traders said. “Each time the markets start to stabilize, having priced […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop prices to rise

Jun. 24, 2021 at 8:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Well covered with grain for now, feedlots are beginning to set their sights on the new crop. Drought conditions on the Prairies and the U.S. northern Plains are causing new-crop feed wheat and feed barley prices to go up, according to a Saskatchewan-based trader. “Demand for old crop […]

By Adam Peleshaty