# Chicago Grains Crash Lower - Led By Beans - 2Agriculture

> Chicago soybeans closed sharply lower after a wetter five-day forecast and a cooler 11-15 day outlook. Oil World cut its 2016/17 China soybean import estimate to 80-82 MMT from USDA's 87 MMT, and Argentina was reportedly reconsidering its planned export tax cuts.

- Date: 2016-07-20 · published 2016-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7419-chicago-grains-crash-lower-led-by-beans-2agriculture
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lower weather risk and weaker Chinese import expectations point to a larger supply overhang, which pressures soybean and meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-06-26 | [U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy linger at multi-month lows as weather weighs - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24226-u-s-grains-chicago-corn-soy-linger-at-multi-month-lows-as-weather-weighs.md) | +2.5% | -2.0% |
| SOY | 2025-04-29 | [U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy futures drop as U.S. planting pace accelerates - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11121-u-s-grains-chicago-grains-soy-futures-drop-as-u-s-planting-pace-accelerates.md) | -1.3% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2017-03-20 | [GRAINS MARKETS: Crops unable to hold early gains, end lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10722-grains-markets-crops-unable-to-hold-early-gains-end-lower.md) | -2.4% | -4.7% |
| SOY | 2019-05-18 | [Politics lure prices higher — this week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12126-politics-lure-prices-higher-this-week-in-the-grain-markets-realagriculture.md) | +1.0% | +11.1% |
| SOY | 2019-09-07 | [Tumbling into September — this week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9143-tumbling-into-september-this-week-in-the-grain-markets-realagriculture.md) | +4.7% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2025-06-26 | [U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy linger at multi-month lows as weather weighs - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24226-u-s-grains-chicago-corn-soy-linger-at-multi-month-lows-as-weather-weighs.md) | +4.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-04-29 | [U.S. grains: Chicago grains, soy futures drop as U.S. planting pace accelerates - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11121-u-s-grains-chicago-grains-soy-futures-drop-as-u-s-planting-pace-accelerates.md) | -3.7% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-03-20 | [GRAINS MARKETS: Crops unable to hold early gains, end lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10722-grains-markets-crops-unable-to-hold-early-gains-end-lower.md) | -2.1% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- 2agriculture.com: https://www.2agriculture.com/chicago-grains-crash-lower-led-by-beans/

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