Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as heat risk in focus

Aug. 24, 2023 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures firmed for a second straight session on Thursday, supported by strong exports and supply uncertainty as hot, dry weather cast uncertainty over U.S. prospects. Corn inched down as the market assessed results from this week’s Pro Farmer crop tour. Wheat eased as traders […]

U.S. grains: soybeans end higher amid extreme heat, crop tour findings

Aug. 23, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: damage from extreme heat immediately unknown

Aug. 23, 2023 at 1:51 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on crop tour’s promising early reports

Aug. 22, 2023 at 3:24 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans run up to three-week high on hot, dry weather

Aug. 21, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on war concerns

Aug. 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures jumped nearly four per cent on Friday as a drone attack on Moscow revived concerns over the risk of war disruptions to Black Sea grain exports, analysts said. Soybean futures advanced for a third session to reach a July high […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Market steady in face of harvest, U.S. corn imports

Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:01 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada is holding reasonably steady as harvest operations progress and corn imports continue to come up from the United States. Anecdotal harvest reports were varied so far, with surprisingly positive results from some growers and others who missed out on showers ending […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. escalates Mexico corn trade spat with dispute panel request

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:31 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Thursday escalated its objections to Mexico’s curbs on genetically modified corn imports, requesting a dispute settlement panel under the North American trade pact, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The request to send the dispute to arbitrators was announced after formal consultations […]

By David Lawder

U.S. grains: Soybeans advance on hot, dry forecast

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures approached a two-week high on Thursday on concerns that hot, dry weather in forecasts could reduce the upcoming U.S. harvest. The U.S. has little room for crop losses due to unfavourable weather because the government already projects tight soybean supplies, […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat, corn likely to trend downward

Aug. 16, 2023 at 3:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are likely to fall back in the coming weeks, according to Terry Reilly, senior agricultural specialist for Marex in Chicago. Soybeans, meanwhile, could go either way, he said, depending on the severity of upcoming weather conditions. Reilly commented that […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm