Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat ends lower on plentiful world supplies

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell roughly one per cent on Wednesday amid reminders of plentiful global supplies and some outlooks for rain in the Plains wheat belt late next week. Corn declined on technical selling and soybeans turned lower, a day after the spot May contract set […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on USDA data

Apr. 10, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on U.S. weather woes

Apr. 9, 2018 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans close firm despite trade threats

Apr. 6, 2018 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as market digests Chinese tariff threat

Apr. 5, 2018 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans wade through turbulent trade waters

Apr. 5, 2018 at 5:41 am CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade suffered sharp losses Wednesday after China said it would slap a 25 per cent tariff on soybean imports in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that had been placed on it. The dominant May contract plummeted 55 cents to $9.83 a […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble as China slaps tariffs on imports

Apr. 4, 2018 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures tumbled two per cent on Wednesday after China readied tariffs against U.S. soy, corn, beef and other goods to retaliate against the Trump administration’s planned tariffs on Chinese exports as a trade war intensified. U.S. corn futures also fell sharply, then recovered a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA says crop conditions worst since 2002

Apr. 3, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged on Tuesday, led by a spike in hard red winter wheat prices, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture rated the U.S. Plains crop in the worst shape in 16 years. Soybeans and corn rebounded from the prior session’s declines on spillover support […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on plentiful stocks, trade tensions

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures were lower on Monday as early-session support from a lower-than-anticipated government forecast on spring plantings faded and the market’s focus turned to ample U.S. supplies and rising trade tensions with top importer China. Corn futures notched a 2-1/2-week high on the U.S. Agriculture […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy soar on bullish USDA plantings forecast

Mar. 29, 2018 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped nearly four per cent on Thursday and soybeans surged more than two per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture stunned traders by projecting a year-on-year decline in soybean plantings and a larger-than-expected drop in corn acres. Chicago Board of Trade wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen