Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Oct. 3, 2014 at 11:33 am CDT

Farmers in the Rabo AgriFinance tent at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in late August looked uncomfortable when Curt Hudnutt, Rabo AgriFinance’s chief credit officer, delivered the heart of his message: “We expect that corn and soybean farmers will lose money in 2015 and 2016.” It was […]

By Leeann Minogue

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were lower during the week ended Wednesday, as funds continued to try and take advantage of new lows on the market. “People in the market come in and try to cherry-pick the bottom,” said Sean Lusk, director of commercial […]

By Dave Sims

Sep. 24, 2014 at 5:12 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Farmers in Brazil have started planting what may be their third consecutive record soybean crop though progress has been uneven in South America’s largest economy, analysts for two state-level farm institutes said Wednesday. Parana, Brazil’s No. 2 soy growing state, in southern Brazil has planted […]

By Caroline Stauffer

Sep. 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to fresh four-year lows during the week ended Wednesday, and there is still plenty of room to the downside as the harvest pressure builds over the next month. “It will be a long harvest,” said Scott […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 18, 2014 at 11:20 am CDT

Reuters — U.S. approval of Dow AgroSciences’ new genetically-modified corn and soybeans takes the agricultural giant a step closer to its “most important” product launch ever, but a series of hurdles remain, the company said Thursday. “We sure are aware of the concerns that have been expressed,” said Dow AgroSciences […]

By Carey Gillam