Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

May. 3, 2023 at 4:01 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat rebounded from a 25-month low to close higher on Wednesday, edging up on fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine that cast doubt on the future of the Black Sea grains corridor, analysts said. Corn also gained on the tensions. Soybeans, meanwhile, followed with […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

May. 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Fund short position in canola grows for first time in a month

May. 1, 2023 at 8:23 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sink on rains, global supplies

May. 1, 2023 at 3:02 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Organic price quotes: Late April

May. 1, 2023 at 9:36 am CDT

By OrganicBiz

Oats, other organic crops lacking contracts

May. 1, 2023 at 9:35 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff With spring planting barley under way across Canada, a number of organic grains continued to linger without any current bids for old or new crop. Oats has been chief among them, although Grain Millers of Canada recently acquired a small amount for approximately C$7 […]

By OrganicBiz

Prairie cash wheat: Bids drop sharply

Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada dropped sharply lower during the last week of April, as a selloff in U.S. futures more than offset any support from a weaker Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $25.90-$27.50 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Deal reached to resume Ukraine grain transit with five EU countries

Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission said Friday it had reached a deal in principle to allow transit of Ukrainian grain to resume through five European Union countries that had imposed restrictions. Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia cited concerns that grain from Ukraine meant to be exported to […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up off new lows, end week higher

Apr. 28, 2023 at 7:10 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures ended higher on Friday after posting fresh lows earlier as traders anticipated hefty global supplies and kept an eye on weather in the U.S. Bouts of short covering ahead of the weekend lifted contracts after corn, soy and wheat futures all struck multi-month […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn hit fresh lows

Apr. 27, 2023 at 5:52 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell for a seventh straight session on Thursday and touched a 21-month low on export competition while corn hit a nine-month low, walloped by cancellations of U.S. corn sales to China. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

By Cassandra Garrison