Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soybean rally snuffed out as harvest advances

Oct. 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean prices fell on Tuesday, snuffing out a three-session rally as an accelerating U.S. harvest shifted attention back toward the prospect of record production. Corn edged higher, supported by short-covering in spread trades against soybeans, while wheat finished flat, held in check by technical selling and ample […]

Cargill profit jumps on beef demand, grain margins

Oct. 4, 2016 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Canada unveils carbon price, energy-producing provinces unhappy

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Alastair Sharp David Ljunggren

Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn jumps in trading against wheat

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Spirits firm Corby closes deal for Ungava gin maker

Sep. 30, 2016 at 7:43 pm CDT

Toronto spirits manufacturer Corby Spirit and Wine has closed on its deal for the spirits assets of cider maker Domaines Pinnacle, including the Quebec company’s flagship Ungava gin brand. Corby, whose brands include J.P. Wiser’s whisky, Lamb’s rum and Polar Ice vodka, announced in late August it would pay $12 […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Corn jumps on positioning, new signals of feed demand

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped Friday on quarter-end positioning and government crop data that signalled livestock producers had not cut back on feeding the grain in favour of wheat, as some traders had expected. Prices rose after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a quarterly crop report, […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA reports U.S. wheat stocks biggest since 1987

Sep. 30, 2016 at 1:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. wheat supplies ballooned to the biggest in nearly 30 years during the summer months, topping expectations, as a 12 per cent jump in production and weak demand on the export market filled storage bins, the government said Friday. The U.S. Agriculture Department also reported corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

Organic prices holding steady through harvest

Sep. 30, 2016 at 9:34 am CDT

Prices would normally be pressured lower this time of year but weather and quality issues could offset volumes By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff Despite the ongoing harvest, most organic commodity prices are holding steady, bucking typical trends. But in coming months, quality issues could support select grains, while pressuring others. Related: […]

By OrganicBiz

China approves corn export permits to two companies

Sep. 30, 2016 at 9:32 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– China has given approval to at least two companies to export corn, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, in a radical move by the world’s No. 2 producer to cut its ballooning surplus that could add more supply to a saturated global market. The […]

By Reuters