Insights and Stories on Wheat

StatsCan confirms smaller canola crop

Aug. 28, 2019 at 11:27 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s first production estimates for the 2019-20 crop, released Wednesday, were generally in line with expectations, although upward revisions are likely in subsequent reports. The agency’s production of principal field crops report was “bang on with expectations across the board,” according to Ken Ball of PI Financial […]

U.S. grains: Soy slumps on improved crop rating

Aug. 27, 2019 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as trade tensions ease

Aug. 26, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide following fresh round of China tariffs

Aug. 23, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

StatsCan production report may show stronger yields

Aug. 23, 2019 at 2:04 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Thursday, stabilizing from three-month lows set a day earlier, supported by worries that cool weather could slow the maturity of the delayed U.S. crop, analysts said. Wheat rose on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. But soybean futures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on yield uncertainty

Aug. 21, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on technical buying and uncertainty about U.S. yield prospects, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures also firmed, steadying after the benchmark contracts for both grains dipped to three-month lows. Chicago Board of Trade November soybean futures settled up 4-3/4 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada boosts 2019-20 wheat production estimate

Aug. 21, 2019 at 11:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat production in 2019-20 is forecast to come in at 500,000 tonnes above an earlier forecast, according to updated supply/demand tables released Wednesday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Wheat ending stocks were also raised in the report, while adjustments to the canola tables led a slight reduction […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on global supplies, drags corn lower

Aug. 20, 2019 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a three-month low on Tuesday, pressured by ample global supplies and technical selling, analysts said. Corn futures also hit a three-month low, turning down as wheat sagged and storms brought crop-friendly rains to the Midwest. But soybean futures clung to modest […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on beneficial weekend rains

Aug. 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.6 per cent on Monday and soybean futures also declined after much-needed rains crossed dry areas of the Corn Belt over the weekend, bolstering crop production prospects, analysts said. Wheat followed the softer trend. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled down […]

By Julie Ingwersen