Soybean heads for 3% weekly gain on US demand hopes
However, plentiful supply from South America and projections of a large U.S. harvest capped further gains.
Corn futures also rose and were set to end the week up nearly 4% due to a wave of bargain-hunting and short-covering, though supply remains ample.
Wheat climbed but was headed for a weekly loss of about 0.5% amid seasonal pressure from ongoing northern hemisphere harvests.
The most active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was up 1.3% at $10.39-3/4 a bushel by 1119 GMT.
A weaker dollar helped propel gains by making U.S. farm goods cheaper for overseas buyers.
U.S. policies restricting the range of non-soy feedstocks that can be used to make biodiesel lifted soyoil, but beans will struggle to sustain a rally, said Tobin Gorey, founder of commodities consultancy Cornucopia.
Ample supply pushes soybeans below $10 a bushel
'Soybean supply is neutral,' he said. 'There's not a lot of traction for prices.'
U.S. soybean export sales in the week ended July 10 reached 529,600 metric tons for 2025-26 shipment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, beating analysts' expectations.
The USDA also this week reported a sale of 120,000 tons of U.S. soybeans to 'unknown destinations', triggering speculation that China might be the buyer and could buy again.
A trade deal between the United States and Indonesia could boost U.S. soy exports.
However, oilseed lobby group Abiove raised its forecast for Brazil's 2024/25 soybean exports and the Rosario Grains Exchange lifted its estimate for Argentina's 2024/25 harvest.
In other crops, CBOT corn was up 1.5% at $4.27-3/4 a bushel and wheat was 1.7% higher at $5.42-3/4 a bushel.
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