Insights and Stories on Corn

Feed weekly outlook: Demand for feed grains ‘in a lull’

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite prices continuing to come down for feed grains in Western Canada, demand for them is currently at a standstill, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “I think we’re in that lull time right now between corn and barley (deliveries) as the (U.S.) corn […]

U.S. grains: Chicago soy touches 22-month low ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Managed money fund traders increase bearish canola bets

Oct. 10, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans lifted by bright report on export demand

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures fall as harvest accelerates

Oct. 6, 2023 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Feed weekly outlook: Lack of overseas demand brings down prices

Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the grain harvest wraps up in Western Canada, feed grain prices continued to move downward. However, harvest pressure was not the only reason for their declines. Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask. heard others say their crops were larger than anticipated — but there […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat rises on Black Sea tensions

Oct. 5, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied on Thursday, boosted more than three per cent on reports of new tensions in the Black Sea region. Corn futures hit a one-month peak, breaking out of a recent range holding above a key technical level, and soybeans rose modestly despite lacklustre export demand. […]

By Zachary Goelman

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure weighing on prices

Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As harvests of soybeans, corn and spring wheat advanced in the United States, trader John Weyer of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services said the pressure on those commodities was going to continue over coming weeks. “We might test some technical levels, see some selloffs a bit and get some […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans firm, risk aversion caps gains

Oct. 4, 2023 at 3:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures edged up on Wednesday, as a declining U.S. dollar lifted the oilseeds at one point nearly one per cent before risk aversion pushed prices back toward their opening levels. Wheat declined and corn was squeezed between them in what one strategist called a seasonal “bottoming […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans drop in choppy trade

Oct. 3, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Tuesday, at one point nearing their lowest levels since December of 2021, under pressure from a stronger dollar, improving signs for the U.S. harvest and a brisk start to planting in Brazil. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans settled down 0.3 per cent […]

By Zachary Goelman