WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn in 2026 than last year, although both harvests were expected to be the second-largest on record, the U.S. Department ...

Soybean prices on Wednesday jumped to their highest prices of the year after President Donald Trump expressed optimism on the prospects of a deal with China to purchase more U.S. soybeans. Whether ...

In efforts to better understand how soybean plants capture and use light, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated how leaf size and shape affect light distribution ...

Soybeans posted losses of 5 to 6 cents in the front months on Monday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 5 1/2 cents lower at $9.92 1/4. Soymeal futures were down $2.00 to $5.60, with ...

China accounted for less than 20% of all U.S. exports of soybeans through October of 2025, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data available. For 14 of the last 17 years for the same 10-month time period, ...

Soybeans showed a glimmer of hope for farmers in 2025, but 2026 is not looking so rosy. U.S. soybean farmers, already squeezed by thin margins and high costs, are now facing another year of stiff ...

Soybean oil futures soared as much as 3.8%, boosted by expectations the Trump administration will deliver long-awaited US biofuel-blending quotas by March. The Environmental Protection Agency last ...

When U.S. farmers depend heavily on a single foreign buyer, U.S. trade policy stops being sovereign—and starts being hostage. No country has exploited that vulnerability more than China, and no crop ...

A combination of precision fertilizer application, better water management, advances in genetics, seed treatments, and precision planting has provided opportunities for corn and soybeans to flourish.

Tyler Stafslien holds soybeans harvested this fall in Ryder, N.D. in November. The quality of his crop is worse than last season, he said, because of an early frost that hit North Dakota. The ...

As President Donald Trump rolled out a costly bailout of American farmers this week, his administration has rushed to pin the blame on its predecessor. China will begin purchasing American soybeans ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a key figure in implementing President Donald Trump's economic agenda including tariffs, disclosed on Sunday that he has recently divested his interests in a ...