Insights and Stories on Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grains firm, watching new-crop weather

Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Tight barley supplies in Western Canada continue to keep the feed market underpinned, with gains in the U.S. corn market also providing support to grain markets in general. “We’re starting to see a bit of an early weather market in the U.S.,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat from peak above $6

Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Futures rally on weather concerns

Apr. 14, 2021 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as funds step in after two losing sessions

Apr. 13, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures drop as soyoil crumbles

Apr. 12, 2021 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Focus to shift after USDA’s largely stand-pat WASDE report

Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There was little change in U.S. markets shortly after the release of the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But that scenario could change for wheat markets, said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. “We’ve got to pay attention […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn eases after WASDE report

Apr. 9, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn ended lower on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture assessed global supply and demand within analyst estimates. Wheat strengthened as global supply shrank on Chinese feed consumption, while soybeans eased on larger stocks in South America. The most active corn contract on the […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on exports, ethanol

Apr. 8, 2021 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed on Thursday on export optimism and positioning ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand report, out on Friday, traders said. Wheat gained as frigid temperatures across Europe and the Black Sea region threatened crops. Soybeans were also firmer. The […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Spring wheat slowly regains premiums

Apr. 7, 2021 at 9:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Nearby Minneapolis spring wheat contracts have historically traded at a premium compared to their Chicago and Kansas City soft wheat counterparts. And after a winter during which that premium had all but disappeared, spring wheat has so far made gains in 2021. Since the start of the year, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat lifted on spring planting concerns

Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Wednesday, following the Minneapolis Grain Exchange’s hard red spring wheat higher on concerns that dryness across the U.S. Great Plains could affect spring wheat plantings. Chicago corn gained ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report on […]

By Christopher Walljasper