Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Sep. 30, 2019 at 2:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The net fund short position in canola was reduced slightly during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Speculators also bought back some of their bearish bets in soybeans and corn, the CoT report […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 27, 2019 at 9:48 am CDT

Read more: As rain delays 2019 Prairie harvest, organic prices remains flat

By OrganicBiz

Sep. 27, 2019 at 9:48 am CDT

By Glen Hallick MarketsFarm/OrganicBiz staff Not only has rain has delayed a good part of this year’s harvest on the Prairies, but for the most part prices for organic grains and oilseeds have remained flat. “It’s terrible everywhere, from Mexico to Nunavut,” quipped Jason Charles of Pipeline Foods in Minneapolis, […]

By OrganicBiz

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola prices have been characterized as “firm one day and softer the next,” this week, remaining largely rangebound in light trading activity. “It’s hard to tell why, but canola oscillates between stronger than soybeans and then weaker,” said Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg. “It’s just spreaders […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Sep. 25, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The United States and China are still in the early stages of their trade war and tensions that arise from it should be considered the “new normal,” a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Wednesday. Washington has tried to hold China accountable for its […]

By Maximilian Heath