Soybeans are displayed with a farmer miniature on this illustration image. | Photo Credit: Reuters
China is the biggest soy importer on the earth, however has been shunning U.S. beans for South American ones on the again of commerce and diplomatic tensions. Trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officers are ongoing.
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“China is worried about its shortage of soybeans,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social. “I hope China will quickly quadruple its soybean orders. This is also a way of substantially reducing China’s Trade Deficit with the U.S.A.”
The most lively soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was up 2.1% at $10.08 a bushel at 04:17 GMT, having been little modified earlier than Trump’s submit.
Chicago wheat and corn futures additionally gained after the submit, with CBOT wheat up 0.9% at $5.19 a bushel and corn 0.3% increased at $4.06-3/4 a bushel.
However, costs of all three crops stay underneath strain from plentiful world provide. Last week, wheat fell to a five-year low, soybeans to a four-month low and corn to contract lows.
Analysts polled by Reuters suppose the USDA will increase its U.S. corn and soybean manufacturing estimates in a month-to-month report due on August 12.
Northern Hemisphere wheat harvests are, in the meantime, pouring grain into the market.
Low costs seem to have stimulated some demand for U.S. exports. U.S. weekly export gross sales of soybeans, corn and wheat had been increased than anticipated final week, and the USDA has reported a collection of flash gross sales of corn in latest days.
Speculators are nonetheless bearish, nevertheless. Non-commercial merchants trimmed their internet quick place in CBOT corn futures within the week to Aug. 5 however expanded their internet shorts in wheat and soybeans, regulatory knowledge confirmed.
Large quick positions make the markets susceptible to bouts of quick masking that speed up upward value strikes.
Published – August 11, 2025 10:35 am IST
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