Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat hits week high on crop worries

Feb. 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied nearly three per cent on Friday after falling to three-week lows this week as another arctic blast across the U.S. winter wheat belt raised worries about the dormant crop, traders and analysts said. That spurred technical buying as Chicago wheat rose to […]

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on Brazilian truck strike

Feb. 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

Feb. 25, 2015 at 5:29 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on easing concerns about Brazil truck strike

Feb. 25, 2015 at 4:39 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise to six-week high on Brazil, weather woes

Feb. 24, 2015 at 3:36 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide to near three-week lows as dollar firms

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat and corn futures fell to near three-week lows on Monday as a strong dollar loomed over export demand along with aggressive competition from overseas suppliers, traders said. Soybeans, which remain underpinned by a tug-of-war for nearby supplies between processors and exporters, ended mostly unchanged […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans close week lower

Feb. 20, 2015 at 4:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged 3.3 per cent on Friday, their biggest decline in nearly two months, on more signs of poor export prospects for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also fell, weighed down by a round of end-of-week profit-taking following solid gains on […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans set five-week high on predicted drop in plantings

Feb. 19, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a five-week high on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department projected farmers will plant fewer acres than traders expected in response to falling prices. Corn futures also advanced, while wheat finished flat to lower. USDA, in data released at its annual […]

By Tom Polansek

Large unpriced corn, soy stocks seen overhanging Chicago futures

Feb. 18, 2015 at 8:09 pm CST

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures saw choppy activity over the past week but large unpriced supplies of both commodities, held by farmers across the U.S. Midwest, will keep the long-term bias pointed lower, one analyst says. One trader said a lack of fundamental […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after Egypt cancels U.S. tender

Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Wednesday, with benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures falling the most in a week after top global wheat importer Egypt cancelled a tender seeking supplies from the U.S. Overbought technical conditions and profit-taking also pressured […]

By Michael Hirtzer