Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as temperatures fall; corn, soy firm

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rallied 1.7 percent to their highest in nearly four weeks on Tuesday on concerns about sub-zero temperatures damaging the dormant crop in crucial growing areas of the United States, traders said. The gains in wheat spurred increases in corn futures. Soybeans also closed […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans end 2017 down four per cent

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:04 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to four-month low

Dec. 28, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat up more than one per cent

Dec. 27, 2017 at 4:25 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on short-covering, Argentina’s weather

Dec. 26, 2017 at 7:32 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on short-covering

Dec. 22, 2017 at 3:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Friday for the first time in seven sessions in a short-covering bounce, but remained near three-month lows as forecast rain in Argentina eased concern about a potential supply risk. Corn was slightly higher on short-covering ahead of the Christmas holiday […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans at three-month low

Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a three-month low on Thursday, the sixth straight session of declines, on pressure from easing vegetable oil prices and improving crop weather in South America. Wheat and corn futures both were the highest in more than a week, with prices notching […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy trade watching South America

Dec. 21, 2017 at 12:15 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Seasonal holiday trade could lead to some choppiness in the Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn markets over the next week, although the general bias will likely remain pointed lower in the New Year, barring a weather scare out of South America. “There’s a reluctance to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on frigid weather

Dec. 20, 2017 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday to notch a 1-1/2-week high on worries about frigid weather across the Wheat Belt that threatens to damage crops lacking protective snow cover. Corn also rose on spillover support from wheat and as traders covered short positions following recent contract […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on technical selling

Dec. 19, 2017 at 5:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday for the ninth time in 10 sessions on technical selling and forecasts for crop-boosting rains in South America. Corn firmed on short-covering after touching contract lows, but prices remain capped by abundant supplies. Wheat futures ended mostly lower, with only […]

By Karl Plume