Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Jul. 5, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s a wait-and-see game for traders who deal in corn and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “It looks like we’re going to be concerned a lot about what happens with our friends from China here in the short term,” said Jack Scoville, of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Jul. 5, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As Friday’s deadline nears for Chinese tariffs to be imposed on imports of U.S. soybeans, so too does the idea that eastern crushers could soon be bringing those unwanted beans into Canada. “Soybeans have become so cheap we’re going to find them leaking across the border, especially […]

By Dave Sims

Jul. 4, 2018 at 11:07 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A Brazilian judge has ordered local units of Monsanto to put royalties related to a GMO soy seed technology in an escrow account, in a decision likely to hinder the U.S. seed company’s ability to collect royalties from the business. The July 3 ruling relates […]

By Ana Mano

Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The $9 a bushel mark seems like a distant memory for soybeans as import tariffs between China and the U.S. continue to sap buying interest in the crop. China buys roughly 60 per cent of the United States’ annual soy exports — and there’s no telling when […]

By Dave Sims

Jun. 27, 2018 at 5:15 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China on Tuesday said it would remove import tariffs on animal feed ingredients including soybeans from five Asian neighbours, in a sign that Beijing wants to boost foreign supplies of the commodities as a trade dispute with the U.S. escalates. The Ministry of Finance said it […]

By Dominique Patton, Josephine Mason