Insights and Stories on Soybean Prices

Jun. 4, 2016 at 11:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As soybeans climb the charts and help float other commodities such as canola, one market watcher says the prime selling opportunity for farmers could pass soon, as bearish factors come into play. The president of Calgary-based ProMarket Communications, Errol Anderson, said large funds are the main force […]

By Dave Sims

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:25 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Hefty supplies, large expected crops and poor U.S. exports will weigh on grain prices later this year with corn and wheat set to drop to 10-year lows as harvest nears, consultancy AgResource said Friday. In its first 2016 price forecast, the U.S.-based consultancy forecast Chicago Board […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. farmers may be seeding fewer soybean acres this spring but expectations for the crop remain relatively steady north of the border, according to Francois Labelle, executive director of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. “Our first indications are that acreage will be the same as last year […]

By Dave Sims

Dec. 31, 2015 at 12:29 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long […]

By Michael Hirtzer, P.J. Huffstutter

Apr. 17, 2015 at 11:53 am CDT

Zurich | Reuters –– Swiss firm Syngenta, the world’s largest maker of crop chemicals, suffered a bigger than expected fall in first-quarter sales having been hit by low commodity prices, the strong dollar and a prolonged winter in the U.S. The price of corn fell about 15 per cent in […]

By Alice Baghdjian, Joshua Franklin