Insights and Stories on Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mostly lower

Nov. 15, 2020 at 5:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, with losses observed in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats. Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheat was steady to higher. Average CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans up again on export demand, supply concerns

Nov. 13, 2020 at 3:49 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures retreat off 4-1/2 year high

Nov. 12, 2020 at 4:38 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures hit highest in over four years

Nov. 11, 2020 at 5:53 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures surge again to new four-year high

Nov. 10, 2020 at 6:06 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures touch new four-year top

Nov. 9, 2020 at 4:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures reached a new four-year high on Monday as the first successful data from a late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial fueled hopes of the economy recovering quickly from the pandemic-driven crisis. Broad optimism about Pfizer’s vaccine trials added support to a soybean market already buoyed […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA sees more soy and wheat plantings, less corn for 2021-22

Nov. 6, 2020 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers are likely to expand plantings of soybeans and wheat while slightly reducing plantings of corn for the upcoming marketing year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday. USDA forecast that farmers will seed 90 million acres of corn in the 2021-22 crop year, down […]

By Reuters

Profit-taking cuts into fund net longs in canola, soy

Nov. 6, 2020 at 6:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Fund traders were busy liquidating some of their long positions in canola and soybeans during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders as of Tuesday were holding a net long […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans hold near four-year high

Nov. 6, 2020 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures held near a four-year high on Friday as Brazilian dryness and strong demand from leading importer China kept the market focused on the prospect of tightening supplies. Corn and wheat dipped but were underpinned by weather risks and Chinese-fueled international demand. The most-active […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans reach four-year high on global supply concerns

Nov. 5, 2020 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures reached four-year highs on Thursday as continued dryness in South America’s crop areas raised supply concerns at a time of brisk Chinese demand. Corn and wheat hit their highest in more than one week on strong demand and supply concerns. The most-active soybean […]

By Christopher Walljasper