Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Mar. 13, 2019 at 3:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As trade talks between the U.S. and China continue, many are watching headlines closely for hints of what’s to come. The crop commodity market “has been in a downslide for a long time which is mainly due to U.S. and China trade uncertainties,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Mar. 8, 2019 at 2:35 pm CST

While dry conditions during the 2018 growing season didn’t stop all instances of foliar, stem and root rot diseases across Western Canada, pulse growers didn’t see the high levels of pulse or soybean diseases associated with warm, moist conditions. But that doesn’t mean scouting won’t be necessary in 2019. The […]

By Angela Lovell

Mar. 8, 2019 at 1:20 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday raised its forecast for soybean imports during the 2018-19 crop year to 85 million tonnes, up from 83.65 million in last month’s outlook, after the country’s customs agency suspended some imports of rival oilseed canola. China’s ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said […]

By Reuters

Mar. 6, 2019 at 2:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Fresh news out of U.S./China trade talks will move the soybean and corn markets in the near future, rather than USDA’s next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), according to an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. However, a lack of fresh news regarding those trade […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm