Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat adds two per cent gain to weather-related rally

Jun. 8, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed two per cent on Monday, extending last week’s rally on worries over potentially lower crop yields in the U.S. Plains. Wheat’s gains helped pull corn and soybeans close to the multi-week highs they touched on Friday. Weather concerns encouraged investors to cover short positions, […]

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

Jun. 5, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather concerns prompt short-covering in wheat

Jun. 4, 2015 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans to break below US$9 before summer half over

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans sag after rally

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

Jun. 2, 2015 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, supported by a steep decline in the U.S. dollar that made all three commodities more attractive to investors looking for a hedge against inflation, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gain, with the front-month Chicago Board of […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Short-covering sparks rally in wheat

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied 3.4 per cent on Monday, bouncing off of their lowest in nearly three weeks, on a round of short-covering, traders said. “Frankly this market was struggling to go down,” Arlan Suderman, senior market analyst at Water Street Solutions, said. “When you run […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn drops, soybeans rise on new biofuel targets

May. 29, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell on Friday and posted a second straight weekly decline after the U.S. government lowered its targets for ethanol blending and as corn export demand slumped for the crop harvested this autumn. Soybeans rose about one per cent, led by sharply higher soybean […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds on short-covering, bullish ethanol data

May. 28, 2015 at 2:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on Thursday rebounded from a seven-month low after three days of declines in a short-covering bounce and following a government report showing higher ethanol output and lower stocks of the corn-based biofuel. Wheat futures were mixed as a weaker dollar and concerns about […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

May. 27, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday and are expected to remain under pressure in coming weeks. The softness in both markets is likely because of large domestic and global supplies for corn and soybeans, said Ken Ball of […]

By Terryn Shiells