Insights and Stories on Soybean Production

May. 10, 2019 at 5:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — U.S. farmers will grow more corn and fewer soybeans in 2019, according to the first production estimates of the year from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ending stocks of both crops are expected to remain large. U.S. soybean production for 2019-20 was forecast at 4.15 billion bushels by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 19, 2018 at 5:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — Trade is starting to slow down for the holiday season at the Chicago Board of Trade, which has corn and soybean traders looking at the larger picture. Scott Capinegro, a broker with Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill., believes prices for corn and soybeans are currently too high. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Like most crops grown this year, Manitoba’s soybean yields were also highly variable in 2018. While early reports point to smaller production overall, lower-than-average yields won’t translate to higher prices, given prospects for a large U.S. crop. Manitoba soybean yields are “anywhere from 20 to 50” bushels […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 7, 2018 at 12:04 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Global supply-demand outlooks, released by the market monitoring agency of an alliance of 11 international organizations, point to lower corn production for 2018-19. The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Market Monitor report for July said the record corn harvest in 2017-18 will slip by more than four […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jan. 12, 2018 at 4:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures tumbled nearly three per cent on Friday, notching their biggest daily decline since August, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed larger-than-expected U.S. winter wheat plantings. Corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows, while soybeans turned higher in a recovery from four-month lows in […]

By Michael Hirtzer