Insights and Stories on Wheat

Grain groups find common ground over grading changes

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:56 pm CDT

Two producer groups ordinarily at the opposite ends of the ideological spectrum have teamed up and come out swinging against proposed changes to wheat grading. The Wheat Growers Association (WGA) and National Farmers’ Union (NFU)have issued a joint statement decrying changes that will take effect August 1 which would see […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide sharply on promise of rain, yield potential

Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

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U.S. grains: wheat pares gains after 5-month top; corn, soybeans retreat

Jul. 25, 2023 at 4:27 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: wheat soars daily limit as Russia attacks Ukrainian grain ports

Jul. 24, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Russia attacks Ukraine’s vital Danube grain export route

Jul. 24, 2023 at 9:37 am CDT

By Olena Harmash Olga Popova Tom Balmforth

AAFC lowers Canadian wheat ending stocks estimates

Jul. 21, 2023 at 3:18 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Canadian wheat ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023/24 (Aug/Jul) were revised lower by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division in its updated supply/demand estimates, released July 21, with tighter oats and pulse stocks also expected. Wheat ending stocks for 2022/23 were lowered to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

At Ag in Motion: World may face wheat shortage this year

Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:58 pm CDT

Wheat is finally becoming a “sexy” crop after years of being the ugly duckling, an analyst says. Stephen Nicholson, global grains and oilseeds strategist for Rabobank, said a series of supply-side threats is making things exciting. Canada’s crops are withering in the fields. MarketsFarm is forecasting 30.4 million tonnes of […]

By Sean Pratt

U.S. Grains: CBOT wheat futures dip after rally; corn, soybeans also lower

Jul. 20, 2023 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dipped on Thursday but remained near recent peaks as a third night of Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports renewed concerns about disruptions to exports needed to meet world demand and stave off rising food prices. Wheat futures had risen in […]

By Mark Weinraub

At Ag in Motion: Significant Prairie yield drop expected

Jul. 20, 2023 at 1:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm has released its first yield estimates for Western Canada’s crops and the outlook is grim. Analyst Bruce Burnett just recently completed a crop tour covering most of Saskatchewan. “Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of good news on the crop front,” he told growers attending the Ag in Motion […]

By Sean Pratt

U.S. grains: wheat sees biggest jump since aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Jul. 19, 2023 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters U.S. wheat futures jumped 8.5% on Wednesday, their biggest daily gain since days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as intensification of the war threatened to slow grain export shipments from a major global supplier. The benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract Wv1 briefly […]

By Mark Weinraub