Insights and Stories on Wheat

IGC calls for more wheat despite lowering global forecast

Jan. 29, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

MarketsFarm — At close to 1.03 billion tonnes, there’s going to be more wheat in the world in 2019-20 than in the previous marketing year, according to the latest outlook from the International Grains Council (IGC). The London-based organization released its report on Jan. 23, in which it revised its […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans oversold

Jan. 29, 2020 at 5:13 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans drop

Jan. 29, 2020 at 4:07 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat extend losing streaks

Jan. 28, 2020 at 7:13 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall on coronavirus fears

Jan. 27, 2020 at 4:24 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Bids generally higher

Jan. 25, 2020 at 12:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were up for CWRS and CPSR, while durum (CWAD) bids were mostly higher. The Canadian dollar was down by more than a half cent during the week. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week low as China virus sparks selling

Jan. 24, 2020 at 7:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures sank to their lowest level in more than six weeks on Friday as fears over the coronavirus spreading from China triggered broad-based selling. Corn and wheat futures also weakened as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a second U.S. case […]

By Tom Polansek

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

Jan. 24, 2020 at 1:41 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will seed more wheat and less canola in the 2020 growing season, according to the first supply/demand estimates for the 2020-21 marketing year, released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Total seeded wheat area is forecast to rise to 25.77 million acres, from 25.02 million the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Favourable growing conditions forecast for major ag regions

Jan. 23, 2020 at 4:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers looking for challenging growing conditions elsewhere in the world to prop up commodity prices may be disappointed during the 2020 growing season. South America “If you’re looking for any help from South America for your canola or soybeans or corn, you’d better look somewhere else,” Drew […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit three-month high on export demand

Jan. 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures topped a three-month high on Thursday on improved export demand, while wheat futures traded near a 1-1/2 year high reached a session earlier. Soybeans eased to a one-month low as traders awaited signs of Chinese purchases of U.S. crops in the wake of […]

By Tom Polansek