Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: Wheat up on new concerns for Black Sea supplies

Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed on Tuesday after a day-earlier slide, underpinned by renewed fears about Black Sea supplies, traders said. Soybeans and corn also firmed, supported by slower-than-expected progress in the U.S. harvest. The most-traded wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) gained 63-1/4 […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybean futures slump on global demand concerns

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall from two-month highs amid broad sell-off

Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report affecting corn, soybean prices

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn down on technical setback

Sep. 14, 2022 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling as traders adjusted their positions following a market rally sparked by the government’s Monday forecast for smaller-than-expected harvests. “That was a surprising number out of the U.S. Agriculture Department and the market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures dip on profit-taking

Sep. 13, 2022 at 3:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures eased on Tuesday but remained near their nearly three-month highs as the government’s reduced forecasts for this year’s harvests continued to underpin prices, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, supported by uncertainty over Black Sea supplies following Russian […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures hit June highs

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures surged to their highest price since June on Monday and closed near their highs after the U.S. government made bigger-than-expected cuts to its domestic harvest estimate. Corn futures also hit their highest price in more than two months following a […]

By Tom Polansek

Production, ending stocks down for U.S. corn, soybeans

Sep. 12, 2022 at 2:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Projected cuts to soybean production and yields in the United States exceeded many analysts’ expectations, but the monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates for corn were mostly in line with pre-report expectations. USDA released its monthly world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on Monday, which showed […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Funds add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The speculative net short position in the ICE Futures canola market grew during the week ended Tuesday, as fund traders added more bearish bets, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin