Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat rises nearly four per cent on short-covering, corn and soy climb

Feb. 20, 2024 at 5:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures rose nearly four per cent on Tuesday, rebounding from life-of-contract lows as a softer dollar and the approach of the spring growing season in the northern hemisphere sparked a short-covering rally, analysts said. CBOT corn and soybeans also closed […]

ICE canola weekly outlook: Market in search of demand

Feb. 14, 2024 at 3:52 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures under pressure as jobs data lifts US dollar

Feb. 2, 2024 at 3:27 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Speculative short position hits new record in canola

Jan. 15, 2024 at 3:43 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: No reason for strong rally in canola

Dec. 27, 2023 at 5:51 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Speculative net short position in canola hits new record

Dec. 18, 2023 at 1:31 pm CST

The net short position in canola futures climbed to a new record large level in mid-December, as speculators added to their bearish bets for the second week in a row, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Canola pulling lower

Oct. 25, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange kicked off the week of Oct. 23-27 with sharp losses, as the most heavily traded January contract busted through its support level of $700 per tonne. Among the reasons for canola’s steep fall, as David Derwin pointed out, were the better than […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on export optimism; wheat, corn slip

Aug. 3, 2023 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures climbed on Thursday, energized by fresh export sales, although forecasts for cooler, rainy weather capped gains. Wheat fell to a three-week low, as the market assessed global supply prospects marked by large Russian exports and war-curtailed shipments from Ukraine. Corn also touched a […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Grain, soybean futures slide as investors shed risk

Jul. 27, 2023 at 3:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean and grain futures turned lower on Thursday, as investors began shedding risk amid signs that the hot weather in the U.S. Midwest this week could be short-lived. Soybean and corn futures both experienced choppy trading, as the U.S. dollar turned higher, analysts said. Soybeans […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Chicago grains higher after week of Black Sea doubts, China demand

Mar. 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm CDT

Reuters – Chicago wheat rallied on Friday amid market talk of Russia possibly halting wheat exports, while corn futures continued to climb and closed higher for the second week in a row on hearty Chinese demand. Russian business newspaper Vedomosti reported that Moscow could recommend a temporary halt in wheat and sunflower […]

By Cassandra Garrison