# Soybeans, corn down on trade tensions, weather - Brownfield Ag News

> Soybeans fell sharply on commercial and technical selling, along with broader market weakness and US-China trade tensions. About 73% of US soybeans were rated good to excellent, and corn was lower with 77% rated good to excellent. Unknown destinations bought 186,000 tons of old-crop US soybeans.

- Date: 2018-06-25 · published 2018-06-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8583-soybeans-corn-down-on-trade-tensions-weather-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Trade tensions with China and favorable US crop ratings pressure soybean and corn prices, with meal and oil following lower. Feed buyers face softer US protein and corn prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-05-17 | [Another down day for soybeans, corn, wheat - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5017-another-down-day-for-soybeans-corn-wheat-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.0% | +1.8% |
| SOY | 2019-04-05 | [Soybeans, corn down on lack of China deal - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59636-soybeans-corn-down-on-lack-of-china-deal-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.2% | -8.5% |
| SOY | 2019-08-23 | [Soybeans, corn sink on demand concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57622-soybeans-corn-sink-on-demand-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.0% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2017-01-23 | [Soybeans down on commercial pressure - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73026-soybeans-down-on-commercial-pressure-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2016-07-19 | [Soybeans, corn, wheat give back gains - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7423-soybeans-corn-wheat-give-back-gains-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -8.8% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2023-05-17 | [Another down day for soybeans, corn, wheat - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5017-another-down-day-for-soybeans-corn-wheat-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.3% | -6.7% |
| SBM | 2019-04-05 | [Soybeans, corn down on lack of China deal - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59636-soybeans-corn-down-on-lack-of-china-deal-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.5% | -5.9% |
| SBM | 2019-08-23 | [Soybeans, corn sink on demand concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57622-soybeans-corn-sink-on-demand-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.6% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/market-news/soybeans-corn-down-on-trade-tensions-weather/

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