Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat futures climb on short-covering

Nov. 19, 2019 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit their highest in nearly a week on Tuesday as declining U.S. wheat condition ratings and worries about Southern Hemisphere crop prospects fueled a round of short-covering, analysts said. Corn firmed on signs of improving export prospects and soybean futures closed modestly higher. […]

Knowing your wheat’s falling number critical this year

Nov. 18, 2019 at 8:06 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide on South American weather, trade worries

Nov. 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids steady to lower

Nov. 17, 2019 at 12:07 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on increased optimism for trade deal

Nov. 15, 2019 at 4:33 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans set one-month low on trade doubts

Nov. 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to a one-month low on Thursday as doubts over the chances for the U.S. and China to reach a trade deal soon hung over the market. Corn futures inched up, while wheat slumped. Price movements were limited by uncertainty over progress in […]

By Tom Polansek

Syngenta to halt Canadian cereal development operations

Nov. 13, 2019 at 7:54 pm CST

Seed and ag chem giant Syngenta plans to wrap up a decade of cereal seed research and development work in Canada by the end of the year. The company announced Wednesday it will discontinue its Canadian cereal seed research and development program effective at the end of calendar 2019, affecting […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on diminishing hopes for China deal

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slipped on Wednesday on diminishing hopes for a deal to ease the trade war with China that has slowed exports of U.S. agricultural products. The market turned lower after a report that trade negotiations “hit a snag” over farm purchases. U.S. President Donald […]

By Tom Polansek

CWRS bids edge lower with Minneapolis futures, CPSR up

Nov. 8, 2019 at 5:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm – Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Nov. 7, with a steady to lower tone in Canada Western Red Spring Wheat as a downtrend in the Minneapolis future weighed on values. However, the Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts trended higher, which underpinned […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, feed wheat at par in southern Alberta

Nov. 8, 2019 at 8:43 am CST

MarketsFarm – Feed barley prices in southern Alberta’s feedlot alley moved higher over the past few weeks, but the price rise will likely slow down as barley trades at par with feed wheat. Feed barley and feed wheat are both currently trading at around C$225 per tonne delivered into Lethbridge, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin