Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Jan. 2, 2019 at 4:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures advanced to a near two-week high on Wednesday on declining yield prospects in Brazil and optimism about U.S. trade relations with top global soy buyer China, traders said. Wheat futures rose, rebounding from multi-month lows on short-covering and concerns about excessive rains in […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Dec. 28, 2018 at 1:44 pm CST

By OrganicBiz

Dec. 24, 2018 at 2:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Illinois farmer Brent Johnson had planned to bump up his corn acreage by 10 per cent in 2019 and plant fewer soybeans as a way to shelter himself from the lower soy prices caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war with China. But some early […]

By Mark Weinraub

Dec. 14, 2018 at 5:56 pm CST

CNS Canada — Fund traders lowered their net short positions in ICE Futures canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the latest report, managed money and other reportable speculators decreased their […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 13, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Thursday as confirmation of a 1.13 million-tonne U.S. soybean sale to China failed to impress traders who are shifting their focus to burdensome U.S. and global supplies, analysts said. Wheat futures rose, almost hitting a two-month top, […]

By Julie Ingwersen