Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans firm

Mar. 5, 2018 at 6:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures edged higher on Monday, with some wheat contracts rising more than one per cent as weather forecasts showed little rain relief for dry wheat crops in the Plains or drought-affected grain belts in major exporter Argentina. Global benchmark Chicago Board of […]

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on profit-taking

Mar. 2, 2018 at 4:23 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures rally

Mar. 1, 2018 at 4:20 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat notches fifth day of gains

Feb. 28, 2018 at 4:37 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn traders shift gaze to U.S.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 2:54 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat hits seven-month high on crop ratings

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices rose to roughly seven-month highs on Tuesday as low crop ratings and limited chances of rain in drought-hit parts of the Plains growing region kept attention on the risk of yield losses. The gains were fueled by U.S. Department of Agriculture data released […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on profit-taking

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures eased on Monday for the first time in five sessions as profit-taking undercut earlier support stemming from weather forecasts suggesting little rain in drought-hit Argentina, the world’s third-largest exporter. Corn ended higher on concerns about a shrinking crop in Argentina, the world’s No. […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans near one-year high

Feb. 23, 2018 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures neared a one-year high on Friday as concerns mounted about crop losses from a searing drought in Argentina, the world’s biggest exporter of soymeal and soyoil. Argentina, which is also the world’s No. 3 supplier of soybeans and corn, has been grappling with […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures about flat

Feb. 22, 2018 at 6:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures were about flat on Thursday in largely technical-driven trading as investors awaited supply and demand estimates from an annual U.S. Department of Agriculture forum due early on Friday. USDA on Thursday predicted U.S. plantings of corn and soybeans at 90 million […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy faces bullish charts, bearish fundamentals

Feb. 21, 2018 at 6:13 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted solid gains over the past month on the back of weather concerns in Argentina. While there’s more room to the upside from a technical standpoint, the fundamentals are starting to become old news. “I think the Argentine story […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin