Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

Aug. 30, 2016 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures fell to multi-year lows on Tuesday and soybeans hit a four-week low on expectations for big crops and rising grain supplies, traders and analysts said. At the Chicago Board of Trade, November soybeans settled down 13-1/2 cents at $9.50-3/4 per bushel […]

Klassen: Feeder market stable but demand remains soft

Aug. 30, 2016 at 3:49 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to decade low on ample supplies

Aug. 26, 2016 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Aug. 25, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans watch U.S. export sales

Aug. 24, 2016 at 5:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade recorded losses during the week ended Wednesday, while soybean futures added gains for the September contract but recorded losses for the November contract. “Everything’s coming off this week, (prices are) coming down… there’s no real major issues going on,” […]

By Erin DeBooy

U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

Aug. 24, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybeans and grains dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by abundant harvest prospects in key countries. Soybeans led the way lower, as the closely watched four-day Pro Farmer U.S. Midwest Crop Tour scouted impressive crops in central Illinois, following its observation a day earlier of above-average soybean pod […]

By Rod Nickel

Saskatchewan adds new secretary for farm irrigation

Aug. 23, 2016 at 8:09 pm CDT

A rookie MLA in the Saskatchewan Party caucus has been promoted to a legislative secretary post with responsibility for expansion of the province’s farm irrigation systems. Premier Brad Wall on Tuesday named Warren Kaeding, the MLA for Melville-Saltcoats since April, as legislative secretary to the minister of agriculture, for irrigation […]

By Staff

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

Aug. 23, 2016 at 7:26 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing in late September to discuss the mergers of Dow Chemical and Dupont as well as ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta, committee chair Charles Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley, a Republican from the farm state of Iowa, […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn touches one-week low on improved crop conditions

Aug. 23, 2016 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures slid to a one-week low on Tuesday and soybean futures lost ground, a day after a U.S. government report showed both crops were thriving. Expectations that a privately run U.S. crop tour would uncover stronger yields in the coming days than on Monday, […]

By Tom Polansek