Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data

Sep. 7, 2016 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat each rose one per cent or more on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering linked to export demand prospects and expectations of bullish supply data due next week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA earlier said exporters sold 484,000 tonnes of U.S. […]

U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

Sep. 6, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:50 am CDT

By greg-roumeliotis Ludwig Burger

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:01 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows

Sep. 1, 2016 at 6:11 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat rose on Thursday as investors covered short positions and bought at bargain prices after the grains plumbed multi-year lows during eight-day skids on prospects of abundant U.S. and world supplies. Most-active soybeans edged higher, halting a seven-day losing streak under pressure from an expected […]

By Rod Nickel

PotashCorp, Agrium merger would send farmers to regulators

Aug. 31, 2016 at 8:21 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — North American farmers will pressure regulators to protect their negotiating leverage with fertilizer suppliers if PotashCorp and Agrium agree to merge, major farm groups said on Wednesday. The potential deal revealed on Tuesday would combine the world’s largest fertilizer producer by capacity, with the continent’s biggest […]

By Michael Hirtzer Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Further downside ahead for soy, corn

Aug. 31, 2016 at 8:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Soybeans and corn at the Chicago Board of Trade lost ground on the week, and harvest pressure could cause further declines in coming sessions, one U.S. analyst says. Soybeans – Soybean prices settled at a key technical level on Wednesday, which means traders will be closely watching […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat records fourth month of decline

Aug. 31, 2016 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures posted a fourth consecutive month of losses on Wednesday, pulled down by plentiful global supplies, while expectations of bumper U.S. harvests pressured soybeans and corn. At the Chicago Board of Trade, most-active December wheat settled down four cents at $3.88-1/4 per bushel (all […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Overcrowded feed market eats into profitability

Aug. 30, 2016 at 7:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Alberta’s feed grain market is overcrowded with sellers, driving prices lower in a trend one market participant says is expected to stay for the near-term. “Farmers keep asking if there’s a lot of grain out there, and that’s not really the main reason markets are falling off,” […]

By Jade Markus