Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: Soybeans lifted by bright report on export demand

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding sharply from early losses on lift from technical trading and data showing a pickup in exports of the U.S. oilseeds. Corn prices weakened, and wheat futures fell sharply. The most-actively traded Chicago Board of Trade soybean contract rose […]

U.S. grains: Corn falls, soy eases as focus moves to U.S. harvest

Oct. 9, 2023 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures fall as harvest accelerates

Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat rises on Black Sea tensions

Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure weighing on prices

Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans firm, risk aversion caps gains

Oct. 4, 2023 at 3:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures edged up on Wednesday, as a declining U.S. dollar lifted the oilseeds at one point nearly one per cent before risk aversion pushed prices back toward their opening levels. Wheat declined and corn was squeezed between them in what one strategist called a seasonal “bottoming […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans drop in choppy trade

Oct. 3, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Tuesday, at one point nearing their lowest levels since December of 2021, under pressure from a stronger dollar, improving signs for the U.S. harvest and a brisk start to planting in Brazil. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans settled down 0.3 per cent […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up off three-year low after steep sell-off

Oct. 2, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Monday on what one analyst characterized as “bottom-picking” after prices dropped more than six per cent to three-year lows on Friday. Corn followed wheat higher, but soybeans prices remained low after news reports of Brazilian farmers planting at a rapid clip. The U.S. […]

By Zachary Goelman

Fund net short position grows in canola

Sep. 30, 2023 at 12:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in the ICE Futures canola market more than doubled during the week ended Tuesday on a combination of long liquidation and new bearish bets going on the books, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. stocks data bearish for soybeans, bullish on corn

Sep. 30, 2023 at 12:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. corn carryout for the 2022-23 crop year came in below average trade guesses while soybean supplies were above expectations, according to the quarterly stocks report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Friday. There were 1.36 billion bushels of corn in storage in the country as […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin