Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Chicago grains close lower as weather improves

Apr. 13, 2023 at 6:28 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains futures reversed earlier gains to close lower on Thursday, as weather improved and despite Russia saying there would likely be no extension of the wartime grains corridor deal, analysts said. Soybeans lost ground from their earlier rally as weather in the Northern Hemisphere […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand, prices rise

Apr. 13, 2023 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather in focus for Chicago grains, oilseeds

Apr. 12, 2023 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up after jumpy day of Black Sea concerns

Apr. 12, 2023 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

USDA stands pat on U.S. soybean, corn ending stocks

Apr. 11, 2023 at 8:03 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago soy stronger on predictions for Argentina crop

Apr. 11, 2023 at 5:44 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures settled higher on Tuesday after the U.S. government slashed its estimate for production in Argentina to a 23-year low in a monthly report. Soybean production in Argentina will be smaller than previously thought at 27 million tonnes as a crop-wasting drought decimated […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Canola fund short position shrinking

Apr. 10, 2023 at 5:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Managed money fund traders continued to cover their large short positions in canola in early April, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of April 4, the net managed money short position in canola futures came in at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat closes higher on dry weather, Russian threats

Apr. 10, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures were higher on Monday, as dry weather put Kansas City wheat at risk and Russia’s threat to bypass a UN-brokered grain deal underpinned prices, traders said. Corn also closed higher, though soybeans dipped as warm and dry weather improved the planting outlook […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Crop futures slide on disappointing export sales, improved weather

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures crumbled on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales and an improved weather outlook for U.S. spring plantings, analysts said. U.S. soybean export sales for 2022-23 were 155,300 tonnes for the week ended March 30, down 42 per cent […]

By Tom Polansek

P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator

Apr. 5, 2023 at 11:10 pm CDT

Updated, April 6 — Agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started “major” upgrades on one of its southwestern Ontario grain elevators, with plans to dedicate the site to milling wheat. Winnipeg-based P+H said Tuesday the work already underway at its inland facility on Highway 21 just south of Kincardine will […]

By Dave Bedard