Insights and Stories on Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. dollar, weather hurt prices

Sep. 25, 2019 at 1:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Growing strength in the U.S. dollar has hurt commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago. The impetus for the gain was comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, who remarked a trade deal with China could […]

Soybean cyst nematode confirmed in Manitoba

Sep. 19, 2019 at 3:17 am CDT

By GFM Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty, lack of farmer selling lift canola bids

Sep. 18, 2019 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Funds’ canola short position up, for now

Sep. 16, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United […]

By Andrew Galbraith

CBOT weekly outlook: Expected U.S. soybean, corn yields down

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) September supply and demand report saw downward revisions for corn and soybeans, but kept its estimates for wheat where they were in August. The department on Thursday released its new world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE). “Prices rallied after the report […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatsCan forecasts near-record corn crop

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s corn crop is forecast to be the second largest on record despite a delayed start to spring planting, as yields showed an improvement from earlier forecasts, according to updated production estimates Thursday from Statistics Canada. Using a combination of satellite imagery, previous survey data, and agro-climatic data, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather

Sep. 11, 2019 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Wednesday ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. government crop report, pressured by forecasts for favourable Midwest crop weather and disappointment that China did not include the oilseed on a list of U.S. imports exempted from tariffs. Corn also weakened as late-planted […]

By Karl Plume

Grain Farmers of Ontario seeking new CEO

Sep. 11, 2019 at 4:39 am CDT

Ontario’s biggest ag commodity organization is on the hunt for a new CEO as its first chief prepares to exit. Barry Senft announced Tuesday he will step down as CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario in April 2020, a post he’s held since the 2009 merger of the province’s corn, […]