Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Crop prices slide as pandemic concerns rattle markets

Oct. 28, 2020 at 8:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures fell on Wednesday as part of a broad sell-off in markets fueled by concerns about the economic impact of a global surge in COVID-19 cases, traders said. Losses in agricultural futures pulled corn prices back from a 14-month high reached on […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures fall after hitting 14-month high

Oct. 27, 2020 at 7:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Cenovus to get Prairies’ biggest ethanol maker in Husky sale

Oct. 27, 2020 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: After October rally, November ‘is for bears’

Oct. 27, 2020 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit four-year peak on Chinese demand

Oct. 26, 2020 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Canada’s wheat ending stocks projections raised

Oct. 23, 2020 at 7:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat ending stocks for the current 2020-21 marketing year are forecast to be larger than earlier expectations, according updated supply/demand estimates Thursday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. All-wheat ending stocks for 2020-21 are now forecast at 6.3 million tonnes, which compares with the September estimate of 5.9 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fund traders grow long positions in canola, U.S. futures

Oct. 23, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders were on the buy side in grain and oilseed markets 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 position in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

Oct. 23, 2020 at 6:06 pm CDT

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

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn futures up on export prospects

Oct. 23, 2020 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn futures rose on Friday, with strong export demand continuing to push prices higher, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gains, pushing back toward a six-year high on concerns about drought in major production belts, coupled with a flurry of overseas tenders […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots booking for winter underpin bids

Oct. 22, 2020 at 3:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have been strong following Western Canada’s harvest, as feedlots ensure they’re covered heading into the winter. “Last week there was some buying in the deferred months, from January onward,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said. Pirness said the strong prices were […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm