Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low

Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures tumbled to a five-month low on Friday, with hopes for a pick-up in exports from war-torn Ukraine threatening the recent gains made in demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures firmed again, their seventh gain in the last eight […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend losing streak

Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Volatility ahead as U.S. inflation rises

Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:26 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Futures plunge after USDA raises supply outlook, trims some demand

Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries

Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed on Monday on forecasts for hot, dry conditions across the Midwest farm belt as well as technical buying and positioning ahead of Tuesday’s monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand reports. The market eased from overnight highs, however, as updated […]

By Karl Plume

Canola funds’ position shifts to net short

Jul. 8, 2022 at 8:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Speculative fund money in ICE Futures canola shifted to a net short position for the first time in two years, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

USDA attaché alters call on China’s ending stocks

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the July world supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Tuesday, the department’s attaché in Beijing put forth its forecast changes. The attaché lowered ending stocks for China’s new-crop soybeans and rapeseed, while it increased the carryover for new-crop corn […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat surges to one-week high on easing recession fears

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures soared 6.6 per cent on Friday, extending a rebound from four-month lows this week on easing fears of a global recession and signs of renewed importer demand, analysts said. Corn also rose to move up from a seven-month low touched […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds four per cent as recession jitters abate

Jul. 7, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged four per cent on Thursday, recovering from a 4-1/2-month low a day earlier, as recession fears in financial markets eased. Soybean futures climbed three per cent and corn rose two per cent in their own moves away from multi-month […]

By Tom Polansek