Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Feb. 6, 2014 at 3:00 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ending Feb. 5, but the market now finds itself at a bit of a crossroads. Tightening old-crop supplies and good export demand continue to provide support for the front months, but big production prospects […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 6, 2014 at 2:57 pm CST

With bees and other pollinators in mind, corn and soybean growers who’ve used seed flow lubricants when planting seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides will have only one option this spring. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has rolled out new guidelines for corn and soybean planting which will permit […]

By Staff

Feb. 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm CST

CNS Canada — Manitoba producers who grew soybeans this past summer are having a hard time moving them off their farms because of the backlogged Prairie grain handling system. Normally, soybeans are one of the easiest crops to move because Manitoba is a “small drop in the bucket” compared to […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jan. 31, 2014 at 3:08 pm CST

Corn gains second consecutive month, wheat down fourth month in row Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans surged into the close of trading on Friday, finishing just below their session high and climbing for the second straight day on good demand for U.S. supplies in the early days of a […]

By Michael Hirtzer