Insights and Stories on Soybeans

ICE weekly outlook: Canola ebbs, flows in wide range

Apr. 6, 2016 at 6:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have moved steadily higher over the past month, but the market remains rangebound overall. “There are underlying supportive influences for canola, but it still comes down to the bigger trends in vegetable oils and oilseeds competing internationally,” said Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer […]

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Naveen Thukral Niu Shuping

Certified organic seed supply limited

Mar. 29, 2016 at 9:31 am CDT

By OrganicBiz

Six numbers in agriculture to make you stop and think

Mar. 18, 2016 at 1:46 pm CDT

By Maggie Van Camp

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching currency, soybeans

Feb. 17, 2016 at 4:49 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Brazil soy planting lags historical average despite rain

Oct. 30, 2015 at 4:00 pm CDT

Sao Paulo / Reuters – Soybean planting in Brazil remained behind the historical average even after isolated rainfall in the center-west, analyst firm AgRural said on Friday, with 31 per cent of area planted compared to the 42 per cent five-year average. A year earlier at this time 29 per […]

By Caroline Stauffer

Pearce: Winter wheat’s challenges go beyond just the seeding

Oct. 22, 2015 at 1:49 am CDT

For the past five growing seasons, winter wheat has taken it on the chin in terms of its status as one of the Big Three crops in Eastern Canada. Compared to soybeans, which have seen a steady climb to the three million-acre mark in those five seasons, wheat has suffered […]

By Ralph Pearce

Mitsui buys half of non-GMO U.S. grain, soybean handler

Oct. 19, 2015 at 7:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. arm of Japanese commodities trader Mitsui has bought a 50 per cent stake in Bluegrass Farms of Ohio, a grain handler and breeder of non-genetically modified soybeans, the companies said Monday. The deal, which closed on Friday, is valued at about US$15 million including debt, said […]

By Reuters

Manitoba soybeans near harvest, weather permitting

Sep. 11, 2015 at 1:24 pm CDT

Manitoba soybeans are edging closer to harvest, with southern fields just a week away, but rain, as always, poses a challenge to producers. Beans in southern Manitoba have ripened faster than other parts of the province, and will be ready to harvest by early next week, said Dennis Lange, farm […]

By Jade Markus

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

Jun. 9, 2015 at 6:42 pm CDT

Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. Ontario’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced its new provincial regulations — with a handful of changes from the draft legislation […]

By Staff