Insights and Stories on Winter Wheat

Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday as worse-than-expected U.S. crop conditions added to global supply concerns already heightened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Corn and soybeans were also higher, bolstered as U.S. growers weigh last-minute planting decisions. The most active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Apr. 1, 2022 at 10:11 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff It’s an in-between time of year for Canada’s organic grains and other crops, as market attention slowly shifts to the new crop potential and bins are cleaned out of thinning old crop supplies. Uncertainty over the global geopolitical situation and logistics issues closer to […]

By OrganicBiz

Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than three per cent on Monday to their lowest in nearly two weeks on forecasts of welcome moisture in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and waning fears of imminent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, traders said. Corn futures followed wheat down, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged 3.6 per cent to their highest in more than three weeks on Wednesday, with traders focused on dry and cold weather in key growing areas of the Midwest and southern Plains. Weather concerns also boosted soybeans and corn as investors shrugged off […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jan. 12, 2022 at 5:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected that domestic farmers planted more acres than traders anticipated. Larger-than-expected USDA estimates for wheat inventories added pressure on the market, analysts said, after supply concerns drove Chicago Board of Trade futures prices […]

By Tom Polansek