Insights and Stories on Corn

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CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Crazy times’ on the markets

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Macroeconomic factors caused plenty of distress on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday. Already dealing with whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise key interest rates, the collapse of California-based Silicon Valley Bank and concerns over Credit Suisse have rattled global […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn up on Chinese demand, Black Sea outlook

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Argentina soybeans go from ‘worse to worser,’ expert says

Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally from multi-month lows

Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip

Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Confirmation of large canola short position slowly appears

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The size of the fund short position in canola rose in February and likely grew even larger in March, as weekly Commitments of Traders data slowly trickles out from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CFTC data has stalled since a ‘cyber-related incident’ delayed the release of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle retreat as corn prices rise

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Feeder cattle futures on Friday extended a setback from 2015 highs the front-month contract reached this week, as rising corn prices temporarily dampened expectations for cheaper livestock feed, analysts said. Corn futures ended higher on the Chicago Board of Trade after sliding earlier to a seven-month […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Corn the choice crop in feedlots

Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Copious amounts of corn are still being delivered to feedlots in southern Alberta despite slowly declining prices for other feed grains. “Corn is coming down over the last little bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said. “You think that there would be a little bit […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago corn dampened by prediction of El Nino rain

Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures hit their lowest price since August on Thursday on expectations that the El Nino climate phenomenon could boost U.S. crops and concerns about rising interest rates. La Nina has ended, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, and El Niño […]

By Cassandra Garrison