Insights and Stories on Soybeans

Mar. 29, 2018 at 12:38 pm CDT

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By OrganicBiz

Mar. 28, 2018 at 10:14 am CDT

USDA – Compared to two weeks ago, feed corn demand good on active trade.  Feed corn traded 86 cents higher FOB.  Forward Contract activity mostly on transactions directly between the grower and end user, with delivery out as far as Q3 of 2019, whereas the same time last year buyers where […]

By OrganicBiz

Mar. 27, 2018 at 3:45 am CDT

Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, Brazil | Reuters –– Farmers tending vast, flat soy and cotton fields that spread as far as the eye can see in northeastern Brazil are finding that coffee crops might provide higher profits in the country’s agricultural frontier. More coffee farms are being developed in the western […]

By roberto-samora

Mar. 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– The response by China’s commerce ministry to the latest U.S trade measures is too weak, and should target U.S. soybeans, former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Saturday. The commerce ministry on Friday unveiled a plan to levy additional duties on up to US$3 billion […]

By Reuters

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — China’s threat of steep tariffs on U.S. pork imports knocked down U.S. hog futures prices and shares of producers on Friday, while increasing fears of hard times for farmers already facing weaker demand from the world’s top buyer of the meat. U.S. farmers have worried for […]

By Dominique Patton, Tom Polansek