Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as harvest gets rolling

Sep. 25, 2017 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about 1.3 per cent on Monday as anecdotal reports of better-than-expected yields from the early harvest in the Midwest began to trickle in, traders said. Wheat futures turned higher on fund short-covering ahead of a key U.S. government crop report on Friday […]

U.S. grains: Soy at six-week top on exports, yield uncertainty

Sep. 22, 2017 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-month top on technical buying

Sep. 21, 2017 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy look for export demand

Sep. 20, 2017 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on broad commodity strength, soy sales

Sep. 20, 2017 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn falls one per cent as harvest looms

Sep. 19, 2017 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell nearly one per cent on Tuesday on chart-based selling as the harvest of a large U.S. crop loomed, traders said. Soybeans followed the weak trend, declining in the absence of fresh supportive news, and wheat closed mixed, with front-month December fractionally lower. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower in retreat from early strength

Sep. 18, 2017 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Monday as a bout of technical selling erased early strength tied to export demand and uncertainty about Midwest yield prospects, analysts said. Corn fell on expectations of continued, burdensome U.S. supplies, and wheat also declined in listless trade. CBOT November […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease but notch fourth weekly gain

Sep. 15, 2017 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on profit-taking but the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade November contract still recorded a fourth straight weekly advance, supported by firm cash markets and export demand. CBOT wheat rose on short-covering and worries about dry conditions in Australia while corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy hits one-month top on export demand

Sep. 14, 2017 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures set a one-month high on Thursday on robust export demand coupled with short covering and strength in cash markets, traders said. Corn followed the firm trend, drawing additional support from strength in other commodities, including crude oil. The 19-market Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity Index […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Strong demand to underpin soy, corn

Sep. 13, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade will soon face seasonal harvest pressure, but good demand may limit the downside this year. Slight upward revisions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s yield estimates in the latest supply/demand report weighed on soybeans and corn on […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin