Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Argentina denounces farmer soy hoarding, says hurts state income

Jan. 9, 2015 at 4:55 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine growers hoarding soybeans to protect themselves from inflation are hurting both state and farm income in the world’s No. 3 exporter of the oilseed, a top government official said Thursday. The South American country pioneered the use of plastic horizontal silos to stockpile grains. […]

China approves Viptera corn, two types of soybeans

Dec. 17, 2014 at 5:54 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Argentine state bank to cut off farmers who hoard soy

Dec. 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein

Corn, soy chop around waiting for harvest to conclude

Nov. 26, 2014 at 5:39 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Ontario’s curbs on neonics may protect bees but diminish crops

Nov. 26, 2014 at 5:31 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Ontario proposes deep cuts to farmers’ neonic use by 2017

Nov. 25, 2014 at 4:42 pm CST

Ontario’s new goal to ban most use of neonicotinoid pesticides in corn and soybean crops by 2017 has yielded bouquets from the province’s beekeepers — but left crop growers feeling stung. Following up on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s orders to her agriculture and environment ministers in their mandate letters in September, the province on Tuesday […]

By Staff

Dow limits sales of GM soy, corn on China worries

Nov. 12, 2014 at 7:07 pm CST

Reuters — Dow AgroSciences said Wednesday it will restrict sales of its new genetically modified corn and soybeans to prevent them from entering U.S. domestic or international grain marketing channels as it awaits import approval from China. The move by the agricultural unit of Dow Chemical is aimed at avoiding […]

By Carey Gillam

Grain ‘trade’ at risk of low-balling U.S. soybean yields: Maguire

Nov. 6, 2014 at 3:57 pm CST

Chicago / Reuters – At 47.1 bushels an acre, last month’s soybean yield estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was a new all-time high. And the average trader estimate for the USDA’s November projection is higher still, at 47.608 bushels. Even so, the long-term relationship between corn and soybeans suggests […]

By gavin-maguire

U.S. grains: soymeal makes biggest monthly gain since 1976

Oct. 31, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soymeal climbed 2 per cent on Friday, capping the commodity’s best monthly performance since 1976, as short-term supply strains in the United States continued to fuel buying. Soybeans also rose sharply and corn turned higher late, following gains in soymeal, while wheat declined on pressure from multiyear highs in the dollar […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Market analyst warns soybeans could hit $7.00

Oct. 31, 2014 at 10:22 am CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – A surge in soybean values at a time when supplies are at a record level shouldn’t be mistaken for a breakdown in fundamental factors affecting supply and demand, according to the chief economist for AgResource. “The soybean market has gone up 12 to 13 per […]