Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Trucker blockades in Brazil increase in wake of Bolsonaro election loss

Oct. 31, 2022 at 4:33 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Truckers who support Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro escalated their protests on Monday, blocking roads in 16 states in an action that could affect agricultural exports in one of the world’s top food producers. Bolsonaro lost Sunday’s election to leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans shift into wintertime trading

Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Crop merchant Bunge raises full-year profit outlook

Oct. 26, 2022 at 8:35 am CDT

By Karl Plume

Organic price quotes: Late September

Sep. 30, 2022 at 2:38 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Canadian organic supplies replenished, but markets quiet

Sep. 30, 2022 at 2:38 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Argentine growers who hold soybeans face higher financing costs

Sep. 8, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine soy farmers who hold onto stock of more than five per cent of their production will face an elevated financing cost above the normal benchmark rate, the South American country’s central bank said on Thursday, part of a wider push to encourage sales. The […]

By Maximilian Heath

China’s U.S. ag imports soar to new highs in 2022, but volumes vary

Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:14 am CDT

Naperville, Ill. | Reuters – China is on track to be the leading international buyer of U.S. agricultural products for a third consecutive year, as the total value of exported goods reached record levels in the first half of 2022. Some of that can be explained by increased trade volumes of […]

By Karen Braun

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighing effects of international events

Aug. 3, 2022 at 2:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader though, conditions closer to home will have a greater effect. Corn and wheat prices took a hit on August 1 […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Manitoba crops variable: report

Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:00 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Crop development was highly variable across Manitoba during the week ended Aug. 2 depending on localized rainfall and drainage, with fields in the southern growing areas of the province generally better than those to the north, according to the latest report from Manitoba Agriculture. Localized insect concerns were […]

By MarketsFarm