CBOT May 2019 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest weekly decline in half a year

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices fell on Friday and posted their steepest weekly decline since late August as technical selling and competitive global supplies pressured prices. Soybean and corn prices rose, rebounding from earlier losses, but gains were capped on concerns surrounding strong export competition. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago Board […] Read more

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U.S. wins WTO ruling on Chinese grains

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — The United States won a World Trade Organization ruling on China’s price support for grains, successfully challenging a calculation methodology that is also used by India. A WTO adjudication panel agreed on Thursday with the U.S. complaint that China had paid farmers too much for wheat, Indica rice and Japonica rice […] Read more


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Feed weekly outlook: Market aims to ration tight barley supplies

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tightening feed barley supplies in Western Canada have end-users looking to alternatives, with cheaper U.S. corn imports likely to keep a lid on prices. “Barley stocks are tight, so the market is trying to ration the amount of barley being used and it’s doing a pretty good job of that,” said Jim Beusekom of Market […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as trade concerns weigh

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Thursday despite stronger-than-expected export sales as investors worried that an eagerly awaited trade deal between Washington and Beijing remained elusive. Wheat and corn also fell as heavy deliveries against the March contracts weighed on the market. There were 820 deliveries against CBOT March soybeans, 400 deliveries […] Read more



CBOT May 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages.

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid for a second consecutive session on Tuesday to the lowest in 10 months as cheaper exports from producers including Russia weighed on demand for U.S. supplies. Soybeans also fell, giving up the last session’s gains, as a rapidly advancing harvest in top exporter Brazil boosted global supplies. […] Read more


CBOT May 2019 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade hopes

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 2-1/2-week high on Monday on hopes for a trade agreement between Washington and Beijing and after China vowed late last week to make additional U.S. soybean purchases. Wheat futures plunged around four per cent to fresh contract lows on technical selling and concerns about stiff […] Read more



CBOT May 2019 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Thursday after a four-day slide, while the grains market overall steadied as U.S. and China trade negotiators sketched an outline for what could be a deal to end the trade war. Thursday’s technical bounce in wheat was encouraged by optimism over the trade negotiations, which also […] Read more

CBOT March 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged yet again on Wednesday as traders fretted over lagging U.S. exports despite them being competitively priced in the global market. Soybeans started the day off on the negative side, with the most active soybean contract dipping just below the one-month low struck a day […] Read more