CBOT soybean futures extended their winning streak to a fourth consecutive session in overnight trading, with the front-month November contract settling at 1236/bu, up 1.68%.The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour delivered supportive signals: pod counts in Indiana came in at 1,318.64, down 4.2% year-over-year, while Nebraska recorded 1,219.62 pods, a 9.5% decline both below last year's levels and the three-year average. These findings were reinforced by the USDA Crop Progress report, which showed the U.S. soybean good-to-excellent rating slipping to 61%, alongside record-breaking domestic crush demand and a fresh private exporter sale of new-crop soybeans to China. All these factors combined to underpin CBOT soybean prices.Attention now turns to Thursday's USDA weekly export sales data for the next directional cue. In the near term, U.S. soybeans are poised to trade on a firmer footing, supported by crop tour signals pointing to lower yields and robust demand fundamentals.