Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip

Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grains see-sawed on Monday, piggybacking on U.S. stocks that were spooked by global economic concerns after the tech-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. The most-active corn and soybean contracts closed weaker, while wheat rebounded slightly after finishing last week at a 20-month low. Grains prices […]

Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures drag down wheat bids

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:15 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Confirmation of large canola short position slowly appears

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

By Cassandra Garrison

Feed weekly outlook: Corn the choice crop in feedlots

Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:55 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago corn dampened by prediction of El Nino rain

Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures hit their lowest price since August on Thursday on expectations that the El Nino climate phenomenon could boost U.S. crops and concerns about rising interest rates. La Nina has ended, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, and El Niño […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Wheat at 18-month low on Black Sea deal hope

Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures on Wednesday fell to their lowest point in 18 months on expectations for a Black Sea grains deal and continued poor demand for U.S. exports. “Wheat was down most of the day, initially on talk of corridor extension talks, then off a lackluster […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Morocco adjusts wheat import scheme in nod to Black Sea

Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:59 pm CST

Rabat/Paris | Reuters — Morocco, a major cereal importer, has modified its wheat import subsidy scheme to make it easier for companies to bring in cargoes from the Black Sea region, an official at state grain agency ONICL said on Wednesday. The revision, also reported by traders, means that as […]

By Ahmed Eljechtimi Gus Trompiz

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds off 17-month low

Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures edged higher on Tuesday, consolidating above a 17-month low as the market assessed mixed growing conditions in the U.S. Plains and awaited further direction from U.S. government crop forecasts. Prices were rebounding after dipping below $7 a bushel, Don Roose, president of U.S. […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Wheat below US$7 on hopes for Ukraine export extension

Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark Chicago wheat futures dropped below US$7 per bushel on Monday for the first time in 17 months, pressured by reminders of adequate global supplies and optimism that the safe corridor to export grain from war-torn Ukraine will be extended, traders said. Corn futures also declined. […]

By Julie Ingwersen