Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Aug. 3, 2018 at 9:23 am CDT

For two-thirds of soybean producers in Saskatchewan last year, it was their first time growing the crop, with seeded acres up to 850,000 from just 239,939 in 2016. In Manitoba, soybean acreage jumped from over a million and a half acres to well over two million acres in 2017. Estimated […]

By Julienne Isaacs

Aug. 1, 2018 at 12:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada – After a week where corn, soybean and wheat contracts climbed on the Chicago Board of Trade, traders are now awaiting the latest supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture. “With the crop report (for) August, which at least over the last five years […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Aug. 1, 2018 at 9:19 am CDT

USDA – Compared to two weeks ago, trade activity moderate on good demand for old crop feed grade corn. Prices unevenly steady. Forward contract activity was mostly for new crop feed grade corn and food grade HRW Wheat. In the food grade HRW wheat supply, end users buying 11‐11.7 per cent […]

By OrganicBiz

Jul. 27, 2018 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, notching their second straight weekly gain, bolstered by signs of strong export demand, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with winter wheat contracts easing while spring wheat contracts firmed amid concerns about crop shortfalls. Corn closed slightly firm after trading […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jul. 27, 2018 at 3:19 pm CDT

La Crete is nearly 3,000 kilometres north of the continent’s soybean heartland, but that hasn’t stopped some farmers in the area from giving the crop a whirl. “Our most farthest north-grown soybeans… looking great in La Crete,” Canterra Seeds rep Jesse Meyer tweeted earlier this month when posting a picture […]

By Alexis Kienlen