Insights and Stories on Soybean

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans drop

Dec. 7, 2021 at 3:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by signs of rising competition on the export market that could lead to a domestic supply glut, traders said. Forecasts for improving crop weather in Brazil and Argentina during January also weighed on the market. Corn and wheat futures […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall in risk-off trade

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:44 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat slide continues in volatile week

Dec. 3, 2021 at 7:27 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Organic price quotes: Late November

Dec. 3, 2021 at 2:39 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as global demand offsets virus worries

Dec. 2, 2021 at 7:40 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Grain futures regain ground as COVID jitters ease

Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures turned higher Wednesday, recouping some of their steep losses from the previous session, as investor concerns that the Omicron coronavirus variant would derail the global economy began to ease. Corn and soybeans also regained ground on end-user buying, traders said, following hopes of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets ‘resilient’ in face of Omicron

Dec. 1, 2021 at 1:47 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While fears over the newly-identified Omicron COVID-19 variant caused a sharp downturn Friday in oil and equities, crop prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were not as hard hit. “This new COVID-19 variant has got some traders spooked in the market here in thinking there might […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat extends slide as Omicron worries mount

Nov. 30, 2021 at 8:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat prices fell to a nearly three-week low on Tuesday, as concerns that the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant could slow the global economy drove investors to reduce risk exposure. The entire grains complex felt pressure early in the session, after Moderna’s CEO cautioned […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as U.S. dollar edges higher

Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures retreated on Monday on a firmer dollar and as a record harvest outlook from major exporter Australia eased recent concerns about rain-damaged crops. Corn and soybeans followed wheat lower, pressured by technical selling and profit-taking and by good weekend rains in Argentina and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: New COVID variant scares markets

Nov. 26, 2021 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell Friday as news of a new COVID-19 variant discovered in South Africa sent oil and equities markets lower, with moves exaggerated by low trade volume across the grain and oilseed commodities. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans lost 13-3/4 cents, at $12.52-3/4 […]

By Christopher Walljasper