Higher prices for wheat and other agricultural commodities have received a disproportionate amount of attention from bakers, retailers and others as the cost of food and other consumer goods rises.

--Soybeans for November delivery rose 0.9% to $10.44 1/2 a bushel.

Wheat prices have surged over the past month, climbing to their highest level since August. Global geopolitical conflict and extreme weather have impacted supply. Higher wheat prices could stoke ...

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) — When prices for Oregon's soft white wheat rose to $4.96 a bushel last January, farmers were beside themselves with joy. The average price had reached $5 only once in the ...

Chicago wheat futures rose on Thursday as Russia declared a state of emergency in key grain-growing regions due to frosts, while corn and soybeans also edged up. Three of Russia’s key grain-growing ...

We have seen a small increase in the acres devoted to wheat in our area. For years, the price of the grain was so low, more people grew wheat for straw than grain. Wheat requires some nitrogen to ...

While USDA rarely makes any revisions to yield or production in the June WASDE, this was a fairly benign report with only slight adjustments to the balance sheets. Corn Carryout Lowered 50 Million ...

Officially, the Kansas wheat harvest is now 5% complete, ahead of 1% complete last year and on average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service crop ...

U.S. wheat futures surged Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade, with a lack of snow cover seen leaving U.S. winter wheat vulnerable to below-freezing temperatures. Highs in the Plains state are ...

Almost half of the world’s population is undernourished, and there is hunger even in the affluent U.S. Still, such a global surplus of wheat has piled up this year that producing nations are locked in ...

Last week U. S. granaries grew greater and greater with stored wheat. U. S. wheat markets went through heavy liquidation. U. S. wheat dropped below 95¢ per bushel, lowest price since 1923, and as low ...

WASHINGTON -- Wheat prices hit a record $10 a bushel Monday as traders worried about tight world supplies and the United Nations called for urgent steps to aid poor nations that are being pummeled by ...