Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: Corn firms on technicals, short-covering

Jul. 6, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday on technical buying and short covering following a two-week slide that took prices to 2-1/2 year lows. Soybean futures fell in a profit-taking retreat from multi-month highs posted after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly slashed its U.S. plantings […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Acreage at forefront in soy, corn markets

Jul. 5, 2023 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on slow harvesting, poor crop conditions

Jul. 5, 2023 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on supply worries

Jul. 3, 2023 at 5:28 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy soars after USDA slashes plantings estimate

Jun. 30, 2023 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. farmers plant more corn, less soybeans in 2023

Jun. 30, 2023 at 12:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the United States seeded more corn and less soybeans than earlier intentions in 2023, according to updated acreage data Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total corn plantings in the country were estimated by USDA at 94.1 million acres, which was a million acres above […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn futures near three-week low

Jun. 29, 2023 at 6:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest in nearly three weeks on Thursday as rains bolstered production prospects in the Midwest and traders braced for key acreage and stocks data due Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wheat followed corn lower, pressured by a stronger […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy tumble on forecasts for much-needed rains

Jun. 28, 2023 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than four per cent and soybeans more than two per cent on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rains in the Midwest where crops have struggled with dry conditions, analysts said. Wheat also declined, pressured by the expanding U.S. winter wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could surprise in USDA’s acres report

Jun. 28, 2023 at 2:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although grains analyst Terry Reilly of Futures International said he isn’t expecting any big changes in two upcoming reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he suggested there’s an opportunity for couple of notable alterations. USDA is scheduled to release its planted acreage and quarterly grain stocks reports […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide as Midwest rain outlook improves

Jun. 27, 2023 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. new-crop corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday to their lowest in more than a week, pressured by forecasts for much-needed rains in the Midwest where crops have been deteriorating under dry conditions, analysts said. Wheat futures tumbled more than five per cent as worries […]

By Julie Ingwersen