Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global demand for bread

Mar. 25, 2020 at 7:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged on Wednesday, with the May contract on the Chicago Board of Trade hitting a two-month high on a mix of technical buying and global demand for bread as the coronavirus prompts consumer stockpiling, analysts said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while soybean […]

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds after multi-year lows

Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps to one-month top

Mar. 23, 2020 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy rise after export deals

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Recent declines stoke export interest

Mar. 19, 2020 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn skids to lowest level since September 2016

Mar. 18, 2020 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.2 per cent to their lowest level in 3-1/2 years on Wednesday, with falling prices for crude oil cutting into demand from the ethanol market, traders said. A crumbling cash market for corn added to the pressure in the futures contracts as […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plummeted 3.3 per cent to an 18-month low on Tuesday as traders said current prices were too high to generate demand from overseas buyers with the ongoing harvests in Brazil and Argentina providing cheaper offerings on the export market. Corn prices fell to […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat book multi-month lows

Mar. 16, 2020 at 3:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures sank to multi-month lows on Monday on worries about the coronavirus pandemic denting the global economy and chilling end-user demand for commodities, traders said. “The fear is still that it will only get worse as the week unfolds,” said Mark Schultz, […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat firm, corn flat as financial markets steady

Mar. 13, 2020 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures closed fractionally higher on Friday and corn ended flat, stabilizing as wider financial markets regained some ground after plummeting on fears of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus outbreak. But soybean futures fell, hitting life-of-contract lows as crop weather in South America […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to six-month lows

Mar. 12, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell to six-month lows on Thursday as another rout on Wall Street underscored uncertainty about economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as well as demand for agricultural commodities, analysts said. Wheat futures followed the weak trend. Chicago Board of Trade May […]

By Julie Ingwersen