Insights and Stories on Soybeans

May. 23, 2018 at 8:15 pm CDT

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters –– China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after Beijing signalled to state-run refiners and grains purchasers they should buy more to help ease tensions between the two top economies, trade sources said on Wednesday. China pledged at […]

By Dominique Patton, Florence Tan, Hallie Gu

May. 23, 2018 at 6:53 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade could be poised to rally, if and when China and the U.S. reach an agreement over trade issues. According to Terry Reilly, a senior commodity analyst with Futures International in Chicago, people are starting to get excited over rumours […]

By Dave Sims

May. 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade softened in value during the week ended Wednesday and could be set to drop even more as growing conditions improve in the U.S. Rainy conditions across the U.S. Midwest and Plains have pressured prices in recent days. […]

By Dave Sims

May. 10, 2018 at 3:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Traders had a lot to sort through with two big U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports released Thursday, but at a glance the markets reacted accordingly, according to one trader. USDA on Thursday released its world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) and crop production reports. “The […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

May. 9, 2018 at 8:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — While some in the soybean sector think Statistics Canada is right about its predictions for a decline in Manitoba acres, others think plantings should still end up close to the record in 2017. Statistics Canada is predicting soybean acres in Manitoba to drop to 1.96 million from […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm