Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn futures near six-month high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures neared a six-month high and soybean futures topped a four-month high on Thursday on concerns about unfavorable dryness and heat threatening South American crops, analysts said. Rain is not expected to bring much relief to southern Brazil, the world’s top […]

Feed weekly outlook: Corn is king at feedlots to end 2021

Dec. 23, 2021 at 3:12 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend rally

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:31 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

Dec. 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit summertime-level highs

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:55 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

AAFC adjusts grain, oilseed balance sheets slightly

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm –– Updated supply and demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released late Friday, included only minor adjustments to balance sheets for the country’s major crops. The department’s projected ending stocks for wheat and canola were left unchanged from the previous month. Factoring in the official estimates from […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Winter wheat futures rise on demand, crop woes

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. winter wheat futures rose on Monday on global demand and concerns about poor crop weather in America’s Plains region, while concerns about unfavourable dryness in parts of South America helped lift U.S. soy futures, analysts said. Traders focused on weather conditions after crop observers in […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn set multi-month highs

Dec. 17, 2021 at 7:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Friday, hitting a 2-1/2 month top on worries about South American crop weather coupled with chart-based buying, traders said. Corn futures set a four-month high near $6 a bushel and wheat followed the firm trend (all figures US$). Chicago Board […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Bids high, but limited supplies mean little moving

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:54 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada remain at very high levels heading into the New Year, but little is actually trading as feedlots fill up with cheaper corn from the U.S. “The volume trading of Canadian feed grains has dropped significantly,” said Jim Beusekom, of Market Place Commodities […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-week top as soyoil climbs

Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a three-week top on Thursday as soyoil futures rose two per cent and hit their highest in a week on signs of tightening U.S. vegetable oil supplies and fresh export demand, traders said. Wheat futures rose by nearly two per cent, bouncing […]

By Julie Ingwersen