Insights and Stories on Soybean

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look to skies for market guidance

Apr. 20, 2022 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Much of the focus from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday has shifted away from besieged Ukraine — and toward areas closer to home. Prices for nearby corn and soybean contracts rose over the past week due to weather-related rallies, but wheat prices […]

U.S. grains: Corn pulls back after reaching decade high

Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Argentina grains truck activity rebounds after strike lifted

Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Maximilian Heath

Brazil’s changing conditions threaten corn crop

Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures above $8 on supply concerns

Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on global supply fears

Apr. 14, 2022 at 5:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit life-of-contract highs on Thursday, supported by tightening global grain supplies and an uncertain production outlook as the Russia-Ukraine war continued to rattle markets, analysts said. However, trade was choppy and deferred corn contracts finished lower as traders took profits ahead of a […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Myriad of factors affecting prices amid USDA report

Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For the most part, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were pretty much unaffected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply and demand estimates released Friday. While wheat prices saw support due to a reduction in global wheat supplies from 2021-22 as well […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest in nearly 10 years on Wednesday and wheat touched a three-week top on worries about tightening global grain supplies, the crisis in Ukraine and drought in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybeans bounced, shaking off signs of slowing demand from […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on Ukraine woes, U.S. biofuel plan

Apr. 12, 2022 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on Tuesday on worries about the Russia-Ukraine conflict persisting and disrupting Black Sea grain exports, and optimism about increased demand for biofuels, analysts said. U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat firm as Ukraine war raises supply fears

Apr. 11, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly three per cent on Monday and hit a two-week high on worries about U.S. crop prospects and concern that fighting in Ukraine will continue to disrupt Black Sea region exports, analysts said. But soybeans fell as COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the […]

By Julie Ingwersen