Insights and Stories on Soybean Futures

U.S. grains: Improving forecast weighs on corn, soybeans

Jul. 21, 2017 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by outlooks for some relief for crops stressed by hot and dry weather during the past few weeks, traders said. “It is a little bit of a moderation in the weather forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

Jul. 20, 2017 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seen rising

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Corn, soy extend gains on outlook for dry weather

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures gain on weather worries

Jul. 18, 2017 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week low on spreading

Jul. 17, 2017 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a roughly two-week low on Monday while MGEX spring wheat gained one per cent in wheat spreading as dry conditions stressed the spring wheat crop in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. Investors were selling most-active […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on bargain buying, temperature outlook

Jul. 14, 2017 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures jumped more than one per cent on Friday on bargain buying after steep losses during the past two sessions, traders and analysts said. Midday weather forecasts also predicted hot temperatures next week in the U.S. Midwest, potentially stressing developing crops and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: December corn looks pricey above $4 mark

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger than expected carryout of U.S. corn supplies has cast a bearish tint over the market. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report, the agency pegged domestic corn stockpiles for 2017-18 at 2.325 billion bushels, which exceeded the June projection of 2.11 […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy tumble on better weather, technicals

Jul. 13, 2017 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures plummeted on Thursday, with wheat easing as much as five per cent in a technical selloff amid outlooks for slightly cooler temperatures and chances for rain next week in Midwestern growing regions, traders and analysts said. Wheat, corn and soybeans extended […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn falls four per cent after USDA data

Jul. 12, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell four per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its U.S. old- and new-crop corn ending stocks forecasts more than most analysts expected. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, with rains in Iowa and Illinois this week adding pressure. […]

By Julie Ingwersen