Insights and Stories on Wheat

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Quality varies for Canada’s organic commodities

Nov. 29, 2019 at 1:31 pm CST

By Marlo Glass Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm With harvest creeping towards completion, prices for organic commodities have picked up across Canada. Ontario’s organic corn crop has been delayed to the point that quality concerns have arisen, but prices remain around C$12 per bushel. However, one organic trader said it’s “too soon […]

Organic price quotes: Late November

Nov. 29, 2019 at 1:25 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall to two-month low

Nov. 27, 2019 at 5:36 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy hits two-month low on export competition

Nov. 26, 2019 at 4:47 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month top on firm cash markets

Nov. 25, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Soft Minneapolis futures weigh on bids

Nov. 22, 2019 at 8:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were lower during the week ended Thursday, pressured by losses in U.S. futures. Hard red spring prices saw the largest drop, as Minneapolis futures trended lower despite adverse weather conditions across the U.S. Plains that helped underpin Chicago and Kansas City winter wheats. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy falls below US$9 on South America weather, trade doubts

Nov. 22, 2019 at 7:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. nearby soybean futures closed below $9 a bushel on Friday for the first time since September, pressured by improving crop weather in South America and fears that an initial U.S.-China trade deal could be pushed back to next year, analysts said. Wheat futures ended higher, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide, nearing support at US$9

Nov. 21, 2019 at 5:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest in almost two months on Thursday as uncertainty about progress in U.S.-China trade talks overshadowed support from stronger-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales, analysts said. Wheat futures also declined, backing down from a two-week high, but corn futures rose on […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpin barley in Feedlot Alley

Nov. 21, 2019 at 3:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The adverse 2019 harvest across Western Canada may have left more grain grading as feed than normal, but issues in getting that barley and wheat to livestock continue to prop up prices for the time being. “We’ve seen a rally in the feed barley market the last four […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall as hopes fade for China trade deal this year

Nov. 20, 2019 at 7:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to a two-month low and soybean futures hit a seven-week low on Wednesday on fading expectations for a U.S.-China trade deal before the end of the year, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed modestly higher on technical buying and […]

By Julie Ingwersen