CBOT soybeans, corn slide to multi-week lows as harvest advances

Business Recorder • Oct 20, 2026

BEIJING: Chicago soybean and corn futures edged lower on Tuesday after investors trimmed bullish bets as harvesting advanced across the US Midwest and forecasts pointed to mostly favourable fieldwork weather this week. The most-traded soybean contract on the...

BEIJING: Chicago soybean and corn futures edged lower on Tuesday after investors trimmed bullish bets as harvesting advanced across the US Midwest and forecasts pointed to mostly favourable fieldwork weather this week. The most-traded soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) fell 0.16% to $12.51-1/2 a bushel by 0332 GMT, touching an eight-week low. Although scattered rain delayed fieldwork in parts of t...