Insights and Stories on Corn

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices start moving upward

Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hot temperatures and a lack of precipitation in recent days are helping Alberta growers make significant progress, according to Lethbridge-based Market Place Commodities’ president Jim Beusekom. “In southern Alberta, (the harvest) is doing just fine,” he said. “We had some rain last week. Some (had) more, some less. […]

U.S. says no weekly agriculture export sales data until Sept. 15

Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:00 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn dips but still posts monthly gain

Aug. 31, 2022 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest, crop conditions pressuring prices

Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:46 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn down on recession fears, profit-taking

Aug. 30, 2022 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-month high on heat, dryness concerns

Aug. 29, 2022 at 8:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures set a two-month high on Monday after a U.S. crop tour last week found damage from hot, dry weather and organizers projected harvests would fall short of government estimates. Wheat futures rallied to their highest level in about seven weeks, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn up on crop tour’s lowered expectations

Aug. 26, 2022 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures jumped on Friday on concerns about hot and dry weather reducing U.S. yields, analysts said. After the close of trading, advisory service Pro Farmer projected a U.S. corn harvest of 13.759 billion bushels, which would be the smallest […]

By Tom Polansek

Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Aug. 25, 2022 at 8:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Analysts are expecting Canadian crop production totals for the 2022-23 marketing year to be substantially higher compared to drought-stricken 2021-22, but still not enough to fully replenish supplies. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will publish its first satellite image model-based yield and production estimates for principal field crops on Monday. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn fall as traders book profits

Aug. 25, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybeans, wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday on a profit-taking setback after rallying earlier in the week, traders said. “We are just running into a bit of technical resistance across the board,” said Dan O’Bryan, a risk management specialist and broker […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn firms for sixth session in a row

Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures steadied after hitting their highest in nearly two months on Wednesday, underpinned by concerns that hot and dry weather in the Midwest during key crop development periods limited how big the fall harvest will be, traders said. Wheat futures were strong, notching their […]

By Mark Weinraub