Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps on record-large export cancellations

Apr. 30, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell as much as two per cent on Thursday, capping its second straight monthly decline on pressure from improving crop conditions in the southern U.S. Plains and disappointing weekly export sales. Corn and soybeans also were lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, weighed […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall to six-month lows on weather

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn drops to five-month low on good planting weather

Apr. 24, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures dropped to a five-month low on Friday in a fifth straight losing session on expectations for a rapid advance in corn planting as forecasters expect mostly clear weather across the U.S. Midwest in the coming days. Soybeans surrendered all of the previous session’s […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on trucker strike worry

Apr. 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures snapped two sessions of declines and climbed to the highest in 2-1/2 weeks on concerns that labour strikes in South America could limit supplies to ports during the peak export season in Brazil and Argentina. Truckers in Brazil began to block roads across […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-month low, soy slips on bird flu concern

Apr. 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures touched a one-month low on Wednesday and soybeans dropped on concern that a bird flu outbreak in the U.S. may cut feed demand, as forecasts for favourable U.S. planting weather in coming weeks also weighed on prices. Wheat was slightly lower as early […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn lower on bird flu outbreak, planting progress

Apr. 21, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday on planting progress in the world’s top producer, coupled with concerns about bird flu slowing demand for poultry feed, traders said. Soybeans declined as the bird flu fears pressured futures for soymeal, which like corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on Chinese stimulus, wheat rebounds

Apr. 20, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday on worries about a possible trucker strike in Brazil and as an economic stimulus move by top importer China reinforced expectations of brisk demand for the oilseed. Wheat rebounded from steep losses last week, although […]

By Karl Plume