Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans top US$9 on Chinese demand

Oct. 13, 2015 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures traded at the highest levels in nearly two months, topping US$9 a bushel on fresh export demand from top buyer China and global weather worries, analysts said. Wheat and corn also climbed, with wheat up more than two per cent after a four-session […]

U.S. grains: Corn to two-week low as U.S. harvest ramps up

Oct. 12, 2015 at 4:37 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy jumps on USDA’s surprising cut in acres

Oct. 9, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure hits prices before crop reports

Oct. 8, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rest on USDA report

Oct. 7, 2015 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Profit-taking, advancing harvests snap rallies

Oct. 7, 2015 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain futures retreated from their highest prices in more than two months on Wednesday under pressure from advancing U.S. harvests and profit-taking ahead of key crop reports. Declines in corn snapped a four-day rally that was fuelled by expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture will […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn tops two-month high

Oct. 6, 2015 at 3:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures climbed to their highest in more than two months on Tuesday as traders predicted the U.S. will cut its production estimate in a crop report due out Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the monthly report, may reduce its estimates for the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Prices rise on technicals, positioning before reports

Oct. 5, 2015 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures strengthened on Monday as technical buying and positioning ahead of U.S. crop reports overshadowed concerns about poor export demand. Soybean oil neared a two-month high. Traders were adjusting positions in the markets before the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issues reports […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Oct. 2, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank on Friday on a round of end-of-week profit taking after prices hit an 8-1/2 week high on Thursday, traders said. Soybeans also fell, pressured by the expanding harvest of what is expected to be a bumper crop in the U.S., while corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

Oct. 1, 2015 at 3:50 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat rose more than one per cent on Thursday, extending a rally triggered by Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture data that put the 2015 U.S. crop below market estimates. Corn futures rose slightly on technical buying and spillover support from wheat. Soybeans slumped on pressure from an […]

By Rod Nickel