Insights and Stories on Corn

CBOT weekly outlook: South American weather still key for soy, corn

Feb. 8, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

CNS Canada — South American weather uncertainty is lending underlying support to soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade, with speculators likely to remain on the long side until production issues are more clearly sorted out, according to an analyst. “The funds don’t want to give up […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit two-week high on fund buying

Feb. 8, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy firms with export demand

Feb. 7, 2017 at 4:53 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy rises as China trading resumes

Feb. 6, 2017 at 2:56 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Quebec’s winter trails to remain open as tax reform halted

Feb. 3, 2017 at 7:36 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soy falls as Brazil crop forecasts grow

Feb. 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell one per cent on Friday, pressured by expectations for a huge crop in Brazil, the world’s top exporter of the oilseed, traders said. Soybeans weakened early in Friday’s session on a round of technical selling after failing to push through their weekly […]

By Mark Weinraub

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: February 1

Feb. 3, 2017 at 2:53 pm CST

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News – Compared to two weeks ago, bid prices for feed grade corn steady to 1.00 higher with all other feed grade bids steady. Feed grade corn traded 31 cents higher, due to corn trades in Eastern Illinois and states east firming up. Feed soybeans […]

By OrganicBiz

Quebec farmers to shut snowmobile trails in tax dispute

Feb. 2, 2017 at 7:21 pm CST

Members of Quebec’s general farm organization plan to revoke permission for snowmobilers to use their land starting Monday, in protest over the province’s planned reforms to its farmland property tax credit. L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) said Wednesday it had been planning such a move in late 2016 but on […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat hits highest since August

Feb. 2, 2017 at 4:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures firmed on Thursday, with the most-active Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract hitting its highest in more than five months on signs of better-than-expected export demand. Soybeans closed slightly higher as technical buyers pushing prices into positive territory late in […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn expected to move steady to lower

Feb. 1, 2017 at 5:54 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Despite a divergence in the two markets on the week, Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn are expected to shift back into step, moving sideways to lower in short-term trade, one U.S. analyst says. Improving South American weather is likely to keep a lid on soybeans, […]

By Jade Markus