Reading Time: 2 minutes Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade may trade sideways in the coming weeks, while corn and wheat make gains, according to a Chicago trader.
CBOT Weekly: Weather, new crop projections top of mind
Planting, growing progress pressuring prices
U.S. grains: Soybeans higher on bullish USDA report, US-China trade truce
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures settled higher on Tuesday on strength from a temporary truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report, though profit-taking pressured prices throughout the session.
U.S. farmers say Brazil still has edge in China’s soybean market despite trade truce
Reading Time: 2 minutes A surprising tariff pause between Beijing and Washington will not help U.S. farmers gain soy sales in China without additional concessions, producers said, because top-supplier Brazil still has a competitive price advantage.
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago soybean futures notched a three-month high on Monday as a truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helped prices recover to pre-trade war levels, traders and analysts said.
Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA
USDA gives first glance at 2025-26 estimates
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its estimates for the 2025-26 crop year in its May world agricultural supply/demand estimates released May 12.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn higher ahead of US-China trade talks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean and corn futures bounced on Friday as traders covered short positions ahead of Saturday's meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials and a widely tracked U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday, analysts said.
New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner
Trading volumes a fraction of Minneapolis spring wheat
Reading Time: < 1 minute The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.
BASF’s agriculture arm eyes seeds and Asia as it prepares for listing
Reading Time: 2 minutes BASF's agriculture unit is aiming to expand in Asia and global seed markets as it prepares for a stock market listing in about two years, a senior executive told Reuters.
China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese buyers bought between 400,000 and 500,000 metric tons of wheat from Australia and Canada in recent weeks, traders said, as heat threatens to damage crops in China's agricultural heartlands.
U.S. grains: Soybeans up ahead of US-China talks, corn slips on good weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures crept higher on Thursday as higher soyoil futures and hopes that upcoming U.S.-China trade talks in Switzerland could reduce trade tensions that have disrupted U.S. grain and oilseeds exports, analysts said.
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