Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

CBOT weekly outlook: Beans choppy ahead of data, corn sideways

Mar. 23, 2016 at 5:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Chicago Board of Trade corn prices are set to trade sideways over the course of the week as the market awaits fresh news, but that staleness is in direct contrast with the turbulence in soybeans. Soybeans – “They’re going to trade pretty choppy,” said Terry Reilly at […]

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat, corn fall on profit-taking, dollar gains

Mar. 23, 2016 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy hits five-month high on technicals, fund buying

Mar. 22, 2016 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as colder weather threatens crop

Mar. 21, 2016 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat closes higher on short-covering

Mar. 18, 2016 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as weather improves

Mar. 17, 2016 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday to their lowest in nearly two weeks, turning lower after a weather forecast predicted that temperatures in the U.S. Plains will not be as cold as previously thought, traders said. Soybeans closed firmer, supported by weakness in the dollar that […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade now watching weather

Mar. 16, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have posted solid gains over the past two weeks, but the rally may run out of steam while attention in the markets shifts to spring weather patterns. “We’ve had a very strong rally since late February,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor exports

Mar. 16, 2016 at 3:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell for the second straight day on Wednesday on pressure from light export demand and some easing concerns about weather damage to the developing U.S. crop, traders said. Corn futures eased on some mild technical sales while soybeans closed in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat fall after hitting multi-week peaks

Mar. 15, 2016 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday, setting back from their highest since Dec. 7 on dry weather in South America that will allow farmers to accelerate the harvest of what is expected to be a huge crop, traders said. Wheat futures also closed lower, with traders […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather woes support wheat

Mar. 14, 2016 at 3:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a three-week high on Monday, their eighth day of gains over nine sessions, supported by a round of short covering, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures hit their highest since Feb. 4 on concerns that dry […]

By Mark Weinraub