Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

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 […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump as USDA cuts production outlook

Sep. 30, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as shorts hunt for cover

Sep. 29, 2015 at 5:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress

Sep. 28, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to close week

Sep. 25, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat slides from one-month high

Sep. 24, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent from a one-month top on Thursday on a round of profit taking, with plentiful global supplies allaying concerns about adverse crop weather in Australia and the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn futures edged lower, pressured by the expanding […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola looking overpriced

Sep. 23, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower in sympathy with CBOT soybeans during the week ended Wednesday, and could have more room to the downside as the Canadian oilseed remains overpriced compared to its U.S. counterpart. The canola premium compared to soybeans is the same now as […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans feeling harvest pressure

Sep. 23, 2015 at 5:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures finished lower for the week ended Wednesday as the advancing harvest pressured already-low prices. The front-month soybean contract dropped to some of its lowest levels in more than six years. The rising strength of the U.S. dollar has made […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month high on global weather worries

Sep. 23, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures neared a one-month high on Wednesday on short-covering and poor weather in Australia and the Black Sea region that worried traders who have recently been focused on large global supplies. Corn and soybean futures ended little changed. Propelling wheat prices higher was dry […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, under pressure from the expanding harvest around the U.S. Midwest as well as some profit-taking after rallying on Monday, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, but losses were kept in check as bargain buyers stepped into the market […]

By Mark Weinraub