Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall on ceasefire hopes

Mar. 29, 2022 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell four per cent and corn fell nearly three per cent on Tuesday as comments by Russia and Ukraine following negotiations in Turkey raised hopes of a ceasefire in a conflict that has disrupted massive grain exports through the Black Sea region. However, […]

U.S. grains: Crop data awaited as grains fall with other commodities

Mar. 28, 2022 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on export strength

Mar. 25, 2022 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Prices likely to hold firm after CP stoppage

Mar. 24, 2022 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans fall with exports in focus

Mar. 24, 2022 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Export demand boosts soybeans

Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, hitting their highest in nearly a month on expectations that demand for U.S. supplies will remain strong due to harvest shortfalls in South America, traders said. The crop woes in Argentina and […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Grain markets rangebound

Mar. 23, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With very little in terms of major new developments from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Tuesday were devoid of the volatility seen in previous weeks. The May corn contract traded at each side of the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise on strong exports

Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday on signs that export demand for U.S. supplies remained firm even as South American farmers harvest their crops. Corn and wheat futures were mixed, with nearby contracts easing and deferred offerings rising. “It is really a mixed bag out here,” […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ag industry groups seek legislated end to CP stoppage

Mar. 21, 2022 at 8:23 pm CDT

Warning they don’t have time to wait on negotiation, representatives for cattle feeders, fertilizer producers and grain growers took to Parliament Hill on Monday to press for the federal government to instead legislate Canadian Pacific Railway’s engineers and conductors back to work. Traffic halted on CP lines just after midnight […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy up on expectations for long Ukraine conflict

Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures jumped on Monday, with traders saying that exports from the Black Sea region will continue to be disrupted this week due to the fighting in Ukraine. Soybean futures also rose sharply, following gains in the crude oil market that also stemmed […]

By Mark Weinraub