Insights and Stories on Soybeans

BASF to boost inoculant production at Saskatoon

Aug. 24, 2017 at 5:45 pm CDT

The Canadian crop protection arm of Germany’s BASF plans to step up its game in the crop inoculant business with a $10 million expansion at its Saskatoon plant. The facility, set up in 1988, handles production and research and development for BASF’s seed- and soil-applied rhizobium/bacillus inoculants, exported and sold […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans eye Tropical Storm Harvey

Aug. 23, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. farmers confused by Monsanto’s Xtendimax instructions

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

Pushing the boundaries of intercropping

Aug. 18, 2017 at 9:28 am CDT

By Alexis Stockford

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

Aug. 16, 2017 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Soybean, corn market futures await USDA data

Aug. 2, 2017 at 3:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Improving Midwestern weather forecasts weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended August 2, with all eyes now turning to upcoming USDA data. The USDA is set to release a number of key reports on August 10, including updated […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Some soybean aphids showing up so scout your fields

Jul. 27, 2017 at 5:41 pm CDT

Soybean aphids are being found in some soybean fields near Portage la Prairie and some fields have been sprayed, while others are being monitored, Red Beard Farms aerial applicator Chris McCallister said in an interview July 27. The threshold for applying an insecticide to control soybean aphids is 250 and […]

By Allan Dawson

Prairie soybeans growing well ahead of key pod-filling time

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The way things stand now, soybeans look to continue their strong push into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The key pod-filling time in late July and early August will ultimately decide, but soybean fields in both provinces are doing well so far. In Manitoba, which planted almost 2.23 million […]

By Terry Fries

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seen rising

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving in turbulent trade with each U.S. weather forecast. “It’s all on raindrops right now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. Recent forecasts for rain have pressured corn and soybean markets, though declining crop conditions […]

By Jade Markus

CBOT weekly outlook: December corn looks pricey above $4 mark

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger than expected carryout of U.S. corn supplies has cast a bearish tint over the market. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report, the agency pegged domestic corn stockpiles for 2017-18 at 2.325 billion bushels, which exceeded the June projection of 2.11 […]