Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: Soy futures jump on reported China purchases

Sep. 2, 2020 at 7:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures advanced on Wednesday as traders said China bought U.S. cargoes, while wheat futures retreated on profit-taking a day after climbing to a five-month high. Chinese state-owned firms bought at least eight bulk shipments of U.S. soybeans, or at least 480,000 […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up on export hopes

Sep. 1, 2020 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Organic price quotes: Late August

Sep. 1, 2020 at 2:45 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

StatsCan predicts more corn, less soy in 2020 harvest

Aug. 31, 2020 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch two-year high on dry weather

Aug. 31, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy up for fifth day on weather concerns

Aug. 28, 2020 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose for the fifth day in a row on Friday, closing near a 7-1/2-month high on persistent concerns that the U.S. crop will fall short of expectations, traders said. Corn futures closed firm, shrugging off early weakness due to strong […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat rally

Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped 1.8 per cent on Thursday to their highest in 7-1/2 months, with forecasts for dry weather in the U.S. Midwest threatening to hinder the crop throughout its late stages of development, traders said. “We absolutely need heavy rainfall in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise on fresh China sale

Aug. 26, 2020 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to their highest level in more than seven months on Wednesday with stepped-up demand from China and dry weather threatening to cut U.S. Midwest yields supporting prices for a third day in a row, traders said. Corn eased on technical selling and […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets prepare for Laura

Aug. 26, 2020 at 2:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hurricane Laura, currently a Category 3 hurricane, is expected to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday but the Chicago Board of Trade is already feeling its effects. “It’s going to bring widespread rain and flooding to the Delta region, where unharvested rice, corn and […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canola crush down, soy crush up, StatsCan reports

Aug. 25, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The amount of canola crushed in July was down compared to June’s crush, while there was an increase in the amount of soybeans crushed, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency issued its crushing statistics of major oilseeds report on Tuesday. According to the report, 806,868 tonnes of […]

By MarketsFarm Team