Close-up of the pods on a soybean plant in a field near Selkirk, Manitoba in late August, 2024.

U.S. loses out on sales of soybean to China

Chinese crushers buy beans from South America as the trade war between China and the United States continues

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil.

A man in a yellow golf shirt holds a soybean plant upside down, highlighting its root, while speaking to farmers during a farm tour.

Soybeans, peas flag under drought conditions

Manitoba’s lack of rain is stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential in soybean and pea fields

Manitoba’s pea and soybean acres are suffering in drought-stricken regions like the Interlake. Dry conditions are stressing crops, fuelling pest pressure and slicing yield potential.






Large crops to weigh on CBOT corn/soybeans

Large crops to weigh on CBOT corn/soybeans

“We have a lot of corn out there”

Expectations for a record large corn harvest in the United States this year are overhanging the futures market, which should keep values under pressure through the harvest season.


The Chicago Board of Trade Building. Photo: Kevinstack22/iStock/Getty Images

CBOT Weekly: More pressure on grain prices

U.S. grain, soybean prices to go lower: analyst

Corn, soybean and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continue to drop and one Chicago-based analyst says they are going to be even lower.