Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Jun. 28, 2014 at 4:54 pm CDT

Some soybean growers in Saskatchewan’s southeastern corner are dealing with unwelcome dinner guests. Brad Eggum, of Eggum Seed Sales, was scouting a soybean field when he came across cutworms by chance. “The beans were struggling to get through and we were just checking the emergence and started finding (cutworms),” says […]

By Lisa Guenther

Jun. 16, 2014 at 4:03 am CDT

Raleigh, N.C. — Whatever major boosts may soon come in world soybean production are seen coming from countries with the acres to spare, not necessarily from breeders building better beans. That’s how one major player in Brazil’s soybean sector sees the near future, as growers meeting here Thursday discussed the […]

By Leeann Minogue

May. 30, 2014 at 11:31 am CDT

CNS Canada — Manitoba farmers won’t likely seed as many soybean acres as they originally intended this year, as the late spring and wet fields will force some to switch to another crop. Most of the soybean acres will likely be planted in the main growing regions of the province, […]

By Terryn Shiells

May. 28, 2014 at 7:32 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Improving weather conditions across the U.S. Midwest weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade over the past week, and further declines are likely heading into the summer months, according to an analyst. Weather conditions across the Midwest’s corn- and soybean-growing regions have […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

May. 22, 2014 at 2:54 am CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were higher during the week ended Wednesday, with new-crop gains outpacing old-crop as traders worked to correct the spread between the two, participants said. Old-crop values found some support from continued worries about tight U.S. supplies, with all contracts […]

By Terryn Shiells