Recent strength in wheat futures is partly tied to ideas that the U.S. crop won’t be as big as officially projected, but world supplies remain burdensome and Southern Hemisphere harvests are coming to market.
Tag Archives Expert’s Radar
Expert’s Radar: Ups and downs in wheat futures
Will wheat slide back down that slippery slope?
Market impacts of canola headlines need digesting
January 2026 has been quite the month for Canadian canola trade, how will it all ripple out in the market?
January 2026 has been quite the month for Canadian canola trade, how will it all ripple out in the market?
Foggy grain market predictions for 2026
Grain market forces and how they’ll impact future prices are tough to sum up in holiday season chit-chat
Many factors are pushing and pulling at grain markets as farmers leave 2025 behind and start considering what 2026 will bring.
Grain markets hungry for U.S. data
The U.S. government shutdown meant that futures markets were left without robust grain supply information
The U.S. government shutdown meant that futures markets were left without robust grain supply information
Expert’s Radar: A flat, flat, flat wheat market
An expected drop in U.S. wheat crop would be offset by a predicted surge in Canada and elsewhere
Large global supplies of wheat leave little reason for market prices to move higher — although solid demand for wheat should continue to limit the downside, commodity watcher Phil Franz-Warkentin writes.
Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year
Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.
EXPERT’S RADAR JULY: U.S. government diet nudging could affect agriculture commodity markets
Trump administration pressure against seed oil and corn syrup may play out in the markets for those crops
The U.S. government’s less friendly tone against seed oil and corn syrup may play out in the markets for those farm crops.
June’s fast-moving grain markets
June 2025 was an interesting month for canola and geopolitics stole the spotlight from grain market specifics
Summing up the grain markets: June 2025 was an interesting month for canola prices and geopolitics stole the spotlight from grain market specifics
Wheat stuck trading sideways
Wheat prices have been stubbornly static, despite trade threats flying
Wheat seems to be floating above the tarrif fray without the wild price swings of other crops.
Do canola and soy need relationship counselling?
Expert's Radar: Watching the interplay of influences can keep your marketing plan from divorcing reality
In any relationship, the actions of one party have an influence on the other, and the space between two objects is sometimes as important as the objects themselves. Nowhere is this more true than in grain markets. Old/new crop spread The spread, or difference between two futures months of the same commodity, can provide insight
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
