Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Corn seesaws, soy rises on planting uncertainty

Jun. 10, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures veered between gains and losses while soybean futures rose on Monday as planting delays fueled uncertainty over the size of the nation’s crops. Heavy rains delayed plantings the spring and traders remain unsure about how many acres of corn and soy will actually […]

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Jun. 7, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

Jun. 6, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade wars keep futures volatile

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise as report shows rain slows plantings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures rose on Tuesday to revisit last week’s three-year highs after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said U.S. planting was well behind the average pace for this time of year following repeated rainfall. Soybeans rose too as rain also slowed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Monday on concerns about harvest risks as more heavy rain was forecast in some U.S. grain belts and warm, dry weather was expected in top wheat exporter Russia. Meanwhile, corn and soybean futures traded choppily as the markets digested a threat […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Trump tariff threat pushes corn, soy, wheat lower

May. 31, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday, weighed down by fresh concerns about demand after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to place tariffs on imports of goods from Mexico in response to illegal immigration across the U.S. border. All three commodities also faced pressure […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy rally on weather woes

May. 30, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose 4.1 per cent on Thursday, bouncing back from some technical weakness on Wednesday as traders focused on the historic slow pace of planting in the Midwest. Prices, which hit their highest in nearly three years this week, needed to continue to rally […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

May. 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture […]

By Mark Weinraub