Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as soyoil touches one-month high

Jun. 9, 2023 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures exceeded a three-week high on Friday as demand from end-users helped push soybean oil above a one-month peak, traders said. Spillover support from soyoil’s rally lifted soybeans while corn futures slumped, traders said. Soyoil has advanced more than 22 per […]

Canada gets in on U.S. trade challenge of Mexico’s GM corn ban

Jun. 9, 2023 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rebound

Jun. 8, 2023 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Market in a waiting game

Jun. 8, 2023 at 2:51 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Ending stocks of corn, soy predicted to rise

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures snap winning streak

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday, with the most-active Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract snapping a five-session rally that had pushed prices to their highest in nearly three weeks, traders said. But concerns about export demand for U.S. supplies pulled wheat prices […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise ahead of USDA report

Jun. 6, 2023 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday as investors unwound bearish bets ahead of a key government supply and demand report at the end of the week, traders said. “It is all money flow,” said Karl Setzer, brokerage research lead with Mid-Co Commodities. “When you get down […]

By Mark Weinraub

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Jun. 6, 2023 at 3:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Speculative fund traders added to their net short position in canola during the week ended May 30, putting on more bearish bets while also liquidating some previous longs, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of May 30, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures sag on demand woes

Jun. 5, 2023 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, retreating from gains made during the overnight trading session on signs that already light export demand for U.S. supplies had weakened further, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, with the biggest gains being notched by […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:06 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — The U.S. is escalating its conflict with Mexico over agriculture biotech measures, including the stance on genetically modified (GM) corn, by requesting dispute settlement consultations, senior officials of the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Friday. The North American neighbours are inching closer to a […]

By Cassandra Garrison