Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat rally to end week

Feb. 13, 2015 at 2:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose for the third consecutive day on Friday as demand for U.S. stocks of the oilseed remained strong while overseas buyers waited for supplies from the South American harvest to hit the market, traders said. Wheat futures jumped on a round of short […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on exports; corn, wheat weak

Feb. 12, 2015 at 5:30 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat turn higher on bargain buying

Feb. 11, 2015 at 5:34 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat falls one per cent on USDA outlook

Feb. 10, 2015 at 5:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report

Feb. 9, 2015 at 4:53 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as dollar rises on jobs data

Feb. 6, 2015 at 5:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans ended lower on Friday as a jump in the dollar on strong employment data spurred technical selling, traders said. Additionally, forecasts of record soybean production in South America hung over prices. Corn and wheat closed slightly firmer on a pre-weekend short covering bounce. Wheat […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Wheat up on prospects for Egyptian sales, softer dollar

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed nearly three per cent on Thursday, buoyed by a softer dollar and hopes for U.S. sales of the grain to top buyer Egypt, traders said. Soybeans rose, led by strength in soyoil and Malaysian palm oil, while corn ended […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Strength in corn, beans to be short-lived

Feb. 4, 2015 at 8:16 pm CST

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ended mostly higher during the week ended Wednesday; soybean futures saw slight gains, while advances in corn were more exaggerated. A sharp rally Tuesday lifted both markets to end higher for the week, with speculative short covering […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip as dollar firms, crude oil falls

Feb. 4, 2015 at 2:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, retreating from a three-week high notched Tuesday as the dollar rose, traders said. Outlooks for the driest areas of Brazil’s crop region calling for rain this week and the falling crude oil market also hurt soy prices. […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. grains: Corn gets biggest boost of new year as dollar slips

Feb. 3, 2015 at 5:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures climbed four per cent on Tuesday amid a broad-based rally in commodities led by crude oil as the dollar slipped to a near-two-week low on weaker domestic economic data, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade grain markets were overdue for a […]

By Christine Stebbins