Insights and Stories on Soybeans

StatsCan forecasts near-record corn crop

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s corn crop is forecast to be the second largest on record despite a delayed start to spring planting, as yields showed an improvement from earlier forecasts, according to updated production estimates Thursday from Statistics Canada. Using a combination of satellite imagery, previous survey data, and agro-climatic data, […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Late U.S. crop should slow corn price declines

Sep. 4, 2019 at 9:04 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Short position steady in canola, growing in corn

Sep. 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders watching weather

Aug. 28, 2019 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

On the front lines: Trade war sinks North Dakota soy growers

Aug. 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

China buys U.S. soybeans after declaring ban on U.S. farm goods

Aug. 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China snapped up a small volume of U.S. soybeans last week after pledging to halt purchases of U.S. farm products due to the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. The world’s largest soybean importer struck deals from […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. grain traders watch yields, demand

Aug. 21, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade remain at the behest of geopolitical pressures and questionable crop yields. Terry Reilly, a grains analyst with Futures International in Chicago, said traders are keeping a close eye on the U.S. Pro Farmer tour throughout the eastern Corn […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Ceres closes on option to buy Delmar Commodities

Aug. 19, 2019 at 4:26 am CDT

U.S. commodities firm Ceres Global Ag Corp. has exercised its option and closed its deal to buy Manitoba grain merchandising firm Delmar Commodities. Ceres announced Friday it has completed the deal to buy all of Delmar’s shares for about $15.25 million in cash and assume about $7.6 million in existing […]

By GFM Staff

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

Aug. 14, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For Steve Georgy, the events of this week have left him somewhat gobsmacked. The president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he didn’t completely buy the numbers in the August supply and demand report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And Georgy has been […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Cargill not taking glufosinate-desiccated lentils

Aug. 11, 2019 at 1:59 am CDT

One of the world’s biggest grain companies has decided not to chance accepting Canadian lentils that were desiccated with a well known herbicide. Cargill announced Friday it will now have a “no tolerance” restriction on glufosinate ammonia in its grain delivery terms for lentils, including lentils that have had the […]