Insights and Stories on Corn

Webinar reveals thoughts on present, future of organic markets

Oct. 31, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Ten representatives from companies buying or producing organic crops took part in a webinar discussing the markets for those crops hosted by SaskOrganics on Oct. 27. The marketing webinars, which are held bi-annually before spring seeding and after harvest, are designed to connect organic grain buyers and producers […]

Trucker blockades in Brazil increase in wake of Bolsonaro election loss

Oct. 31, 2022 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Ana Mano

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

Oct. 31, 2022 at 9:04 am CDT

By Nigel Hunt

Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, Biden outraged

Oct. 30, 2022 at 5:46 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

U.S. grains: Corn sags on firm dollar, concerns over U.S. export demand

Oct. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn futures end down as U.S. export sales disappoint traders

Oct. 27, 2022 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures slumped on poor export demand on Thursday, analysts said, while wheat futures also declined. Traders were disappointed as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported weekly U.S. corn export sales of 264,000 tonnes in the week ended Oct. 20. That was below the low end […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from one-month low amid Ukraine export uncertainty

Oct. 26, 2022 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Wednesday amid uncertainty about exports from war-torn Ukraine, analysts said, while gains in corn and soybean futures evaporated. Concerns about Ukraine increased as data from the country’s agriculture ministry showed that grain exports have slowed over the past 10 days, with volumes […]

By Tom Polansek

Crop merchant Bunge raises full-year profit outlook

Oct. 26, 2022 at 8:35 am CDT

Agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd BG.N on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings outlook after posting an adjusted third-quarter profit that topped expectations, sending its shares up about 2 per cent in premarket trading. The improved forecast was attributed to favorable market conditions as tight global crop supplies and strong demand […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slip to one-month low as soybeans advance

Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a one-month low on Tuesday under pressure from expectations for rain in dry global growing areas and for continued exports of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea region. Soybean and corn futures advanced. Weather forecasts for showers in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease as U.S. harvest progresses amid dull demand

Oct. 24, 2022 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Monday as concerns about dull demand anchored prices as newly harvested crops flooded the market. Wheat declined on weak demand and as rains in the drought-hit U.S. Plains wheat belt lifted prospects for the recently planted winter crop. Largely […]

By Karl Plume