Insights and Stories on Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prices continue to soften as April approaches

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn is still moving into feedlots in southern Alberta as it approaches not only the end of its contracts, but also the end of winter. “We’ve been seeing here in Lethbridge prices at $395-$400 per tonne ($10.03-$10.16 per bushel),” said Erin Harakal, trade manager at Agfinity Inc. at […]

U.S. grains: Wheat down off Wednesday’s one-month high

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders await stocks, plantings reports

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat up on Cargill’s Russia decision

Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Cargill plans to halt grain export activities in Russia

Mar. 29, 2023 at 12:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Olga Popova

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat gain on planting doubts

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday and corn closed nearly flat as traders had doubts about planting delays and adverse weather with an eye toward a key U.S. crop seedings report at the end of the week. Traders squared positions as they looked ahead to […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up on U.S. planting uncertainty

Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed losses to close higher on Monday on concerns about U.S. planting delays, and wheat and soy also made gains. Corn made its comeback later in the session as traders speculated on weather conditions and planting schedules for springtime crops as cold […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Canola fund short position still rising

Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The size of the fund short position in continued to rise in early March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders data out from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of March 7, the net managed money short position in canola came in at 46,222 contracts […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Domestic grain prices slipping

Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Feed wheat and barley prices in Western Canada have slowly trended lower over the past few months, with prices for both grains now on par with imported corn from the U.S. into Alberta’s key Lethbridge feedlot alley. All three grains are trading at around $410 per tonne into […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, wheat reverse gains to close lower

Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:49 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed session gains to close lower Thursday, with the most-active contract hitting its highest price since February on a boost from Chinese demand. Wheat futures also closed lower in rangebound trade after earlier gains, pressured by disappointing export data and inter-market spreading […]

By Cassandra Garrison