Insights and Stories on Corn

USDA raises U.S. stocks view as Brazil crop threatens exports

Mar. 9, 2017 at 1:58 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. soybean supplies will be bigger than expected at the end of the marketing year as a record harvest in Brazil will flood the global market, cutting into demand for U.S. exports, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and […]

Brazil’s female farmers occupy government offices

Mar. 8, 2017 at 4:45 pm CST

By Chris Arsenault

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans facing bearish headwinds

Mar. 8, 2017 at 4:13 pm CST

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans fall on plentiful supplies

Mar. 8, 2017 at 3:31 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Ag groups tout potential of trade pact with China

Mar. 8, 2017 at 4:28 am CST

By Staff

Greek farmers clash with police in Athens during reforms protest

Mar. 8, 2017 at 3:25 am CST

Athens | Reuters — Greek farmers clashed with police in central Athens on Wednesday when a protest against tax and pension reforms mandated by the country’s multi-billion-euro bailout turned violent. About 1,300 farmers who had arrived in Athens from the island of Crete overnight headed to the agriculture ministry, which […]

By Reuters

Ontario cider, spirit makers get support program

Mar. 7, 2017 at 7:11 pm CST

Ontario’s small-scale fruit cideries and distillers are getting provincial support to help scale up production. The province on Tuesday announced it would budget $4.9 million over three years for a new Small Cidery and Small Distillery Support Program. The program will provide eligible cideries with up to 74 cents per […]

By Staff

Manitoba storm may cause more than travel delays

Mar. 7, 2017 at 4:15 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Road closures across most of western Manitoba due to a late-winter storm are likely only the start of the headaches to come, as flooding and/or late seeding may be a reality in many areas this spring. Meteorologist Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on Brazil crop expectations

Mar. 7, 2017 at 2:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped 1.1 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest in more than a week on rising expectations for a Brazil harvest already forecast to be a record, traders said. Outlooks for a bountiful South American harvest also weighed on corn futures, while wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

White House still weighing U.S. biofuels program change

Mar. 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration is reviewing the possibility of a key change to U.S. biofuels policy requested by oil refiners and Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor and special advisor on regulations to President Donald Trump, a White House official said Monday. The administration has no position “either […]

By emily-stephenson