Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Hard red winter wheat jumps as traders watch weather

Jan. 26, 2018 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures sagged on Friday, pulling back from a rally above $10 a bushel a day earlier, while hard red winter wheat futures climbed to their highest price in more than three months. Traders in both markets were eyeing unfavourably dry weather in important growing […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from seven-week high

Jan. 25, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Highest grain prices in weeks as U.S. dollar falls

Jan. 24, 2018 at 4:55 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Falling greenback boosts U.S. grains

Jan. 24, 2018 at 2:14 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on chart selling

Jan. 23, 2018 at 4:55 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on South America weather worries

Jan. 22, 2018 at 4:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures climbed to a five-week high on Monday, in buying fueled by steep gains in soymeal as dry weather in Argentina threatened to cut yields, traders said. CBOT March soybean futures rose for the sixth straight session, settling up seven cents or 0.6 per […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn end week firm

Jan. 19, 2018 at 4:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the fifth straight day on Friday, hitting their highest in 5-1/2 weeks as concerns about crop development in South America fuelled buying, traders said. Parched soils in Argentina have underpinned prices throughout the week. “Dryness in Argentina has provided enough fuel […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise as Argentine weather worries lift soymeal

Jan. 18, 2018 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed for a fourth straight session on Thursday to the highest in nearly two weeks on concerns that dry conditions in Argentina could reduce the soybean crop and scale back soymeal supplies. Wheat futures rose on short-covering and a weakening U.S. dollar, while […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets stabilize following USDA reports

Jan. 17, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are catching up following the release of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports last Friday. Corn “went down on Friday in response to the report. We couldn’t file through it all yesterday. So we actually ended […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn jumps in short-covering bounce

Jan. 17, 2018 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent on Wednesday on short-covering and technical buying after recent contract lows and on expectations that a weaker U.S. dollar may revive slumping export demand. Wheat also rose about one per cent after hitting one-month lows in the […]

By Karl Plume