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U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on hopes of easing US-China trade tensions

Apr. 23, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Soybean prices rose to a two-month high on Wednesday, underpinned by expectations of a de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade conflict, while wheat and corn futures ticked lower.

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans get a technical bounce, corn and wheat ease

Apr. 22, 2025 at 4:27 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

ADM closing soybean processing plant in Kershaw, South Carolina

Apr. 22, 2025 at 9:34 am CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans pressured as Trump attacks Federal Reserve chair

Apr. 21, 2025 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Wheat up on US Plains dryness, soybeans fall on profit taking

Apr. 17, 2025 at 3:45 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

China says it will ignore US ‘tariff numbers game’

Apr. 17, 2025 at 10:11 am CDT

China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the “tariff numbers game”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China faces tariffs of up to 245 per cent due to its retaliatory actions.

By Reuters

IGC raises world corn crop forecast, trims wheat

Apr. 17, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

The International Grains Council (IGC) has raised its forecast for 2025/26 global corn production, driven by an improved outlook in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.

By Reuters

Bayer CEO: targeting US state regulation to stem glyphosate costs

Apr. 17, 2025 at 10:03 am CDT

Bayer is lobbying U.S. states to adjust their regulatory framework in its battle to wind down costly litigation over its weed killer glyphosate, the German chemicals company's CEO said in a draft speech released on Thursday.

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on weaker dollar; tariff threats priced in

Apr. 16, 2025 at 3:14 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures gained strength on Wednesday from a weaker dollar and a report that China would be open to trade negotiations with the U.S., though big supplies from South America and nearly nonexistent Chinese demand for U.S. beans continued to loom over the market, analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Bank of Canada holds rates, says tariffs could cause deep recession

Apr. 16, 2025 at 11:10 am CDT

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday held its key policy rate at 2.75 per cent, its first pause after seven consecutive cuts, and said that the uncertainty around U.S. tariffs made it impossible to issue regular economic forecasts.

By David Brunnstrom Promit Mukherjee Reuters