Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on improving Argentine crop weather

Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a one-week low on Friday, declining for a third straight session as traders fixated on forecasts for welcome rains in drought-hit Argentina, analysts said. Corn ended mostly lower on the Argentine weather outlook, but better-than-expected weekly U.S. grain export sales limited losses […]

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip during quiet January

Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:14 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on forecasts for much-needed Argentine rains

Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Storms to bring rain to parched Argentine fields next week, grains exchange says

Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn retreat off multi-month highs

Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:08 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn markets’ eyes on South America

Jan. 18, 2023 at 3:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were boosted by last Thursday’s bullish supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but attention has since shifted back to South American growing conditions. “The primary thing right now is South American weather,” said market analyst Tom […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up off early declines on export data

Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied to multi-month highs on Tuesday as signs of export demand and follow-through support from last week’s bullish U.S. government supply/demand reports overshadowed early pressure from wetter South American weather forecasts, traders said. Wheat followed the higher […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Feeder market price discovery continues

Jan. 16, 2023 at 9:00 pm CST

In last week’s issue, we mentioned there was a large discrepancy in prices across Western Canada. Compared to the third week of December, prices in Manitoba were up $8/cwt to as much as $15/cwt, while Alberta markets were steady to $2/cwt higher. This past week, feeder prices in the eastern […]

By Jerry Klassen

Fund traders flip back to short side on canola

Jan. 16, 2023 at 4:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After briefly holding a net long position to start the New Year, speculators were back holding a net short position in canola in the second week of January as they liquidated long positions and put on some new bearish bets. The latest Commitments of Traders (CoT) report compiled […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on smaller U.S. harvest, Argentina drought worries

Jan. 13, 2023 at 7:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed for a third straight day on Friday and corn scaled to a 1-1/2 week top on follow-through buying after bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop data the prior day and concerns about poor South American weather. Both markets gained more than […]

By Karl Plume