Winter Wheat & Production Tips

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans buoyed by higher crude oil; wheat sags

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters June 3, 2025

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday, rallying from a seven-week low struck a day earlier, as strong crude oil prices lifted soyoil futures and traders weighed expectations that the leaders of United States and top global soy buyer China will speak this week. Corn futures bounced after dipping to multi-month lows […] Read more

Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Weather lifts Western Canadian prices

Dryness lends support to wheat prices

By Adam Peleshaty May 30, 2025

Dry conditions on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border helped lift Western Canadian wheat prices for the week ended May 29, 2025.

winter wheat roots, southern manitoba, april 2025

Weather, Winter Wheat

How farmers can tell if their winter wheat survived the cold

Green leaves are great to see, but that’s likely last year’s growth

By Greg Berg May 28, 2025

The green leaves of a winter wheat field may look encouraging to an untrained eye, but it’s not always the best measure of how well your cereal crop has survived the winter. So, how can you assess your winter wheat or fall rye to give you peace of mind that the crop will grow once […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat stumbles on improved harvest prospects; soy steadies

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 16, 2025

Chicago wheat futures moved lower on Friday as traders weighed improved yield prospects in the U.S. Plains, though brisk export demand limited losses, traders said.

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop from 10-month high as biofuel guidance pressures soyoil

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 15, 2025

Chicago soybean futures on Thursday plummeted from the previous session's 10-month high, pressured by a sharp drop in soyoil caused by concerns over U.S. biofuel targets, traders said.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Weather, new crop projections top of mind

Planting, growing progress pressuring prices

By Adam Peleshaty May 14, 2025

Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade may trade sideways in the coming weeks, while corn and wheat make gains, according to a Chicago trader.

Cereals, Corn, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 12, 2025

Chicago soybean futures notched a three-month high on Monday as a truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helped prices recover to pre-trade war levels, traders and analysts said.

Corn, Crops, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA

USDA gives first glance at 2025-26 estimates

By Adam Peleshaty May 12, 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its estimates for the 2025-26 crop year in its May world agricultural supply/demand estimates released May 12.

‘Low yields, good quality’ have been the story of this organic growing year. Photo: Thinkstock

Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

Trading volumes a fraction of Minneapolis spring wheat

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 9, 2025

The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.

Research based on the financial statements of almost 3,000 Illinois corn and soybean farmers suggests farmers in aggregate are likely to sell four per cent more of their stored grain every time capital costs go up by one per cent. Photo: File

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Sharp drop in canola stocks

StatCan releases grain stocks as of March 31 report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 8, 2025

Statistics Canada reported total canola stocks have plummeted over the last year. The federal agency released its grain stocks as of March 31 report on May 8. Also in the StatCan report, all wheat stocks declined moderately and there were other significant changes.

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Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

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