Insights and Stories on Corn

Clinton campaign studying alternative to U.S. ethanol mandate

Aug. 3, 2016 at 4:08 pm CDT

Washington/San Francisco | Reuters — Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign has solicited advice from California regulators on how to revamp a federal regulation requiring biofuels such as corn-based ethanol be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply, according to campaign and state officials. The move is the clearest sign […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on weather, prospects for big crop

Aug. 2, 2016 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

McDonald’s to remove corn syrup from buns

Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on favourable weather

Aug. 1, 2016 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

IGC raises 2016-17 global wheat, corn forecasts

Jul. 29, 2016 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy surges on short-covering on way to huge monthly loss

Jul. 29, 2016 at 3:23 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybeans surged as much as 2.8 per cent on Friday, reversing earlier losses in a rally sparked by U.S. data showing improved export demand, traders and analysts said. Corn futures were narrowly higher and wheat mostly lower. All three commodities notched steep monthly losses on […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as investors eye big U.S. harvests

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures fell one per cent or more on Thursday, pressured by ample existing supplies and largely favourable growing conditions that will likely lead to huge harvests this fall, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures led the declines, with technical […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Ontario soybeans, corn suffer under ‘heat dome’

Jul. 28, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – While Saskatchewan and Manitoba farmers wish the rain would go away, some Ontario farmers are wishing it would pour. “We’ll trade some nice, hot, dry, sunny weather for your water and rain,” said Jeff Barlow, a director with Grain Farmers of Ontario who farms in the […]

By Erin DeBooy

U.S. grains: Soy extends gains on short-covering, weather worries

Jul. 27, 2016 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. soybean futures gained for the second straight session on Wednesday on short-covering and worries about dry weather conditions in the key crop development month of August, traders and analysts said. Corn futures also rose at the Chicago Board of Trade, primarily on bargain buying, while wheat […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat tumbles on ample supplies, Euronext declines

Jul. 26, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago / Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged as much as 3 per cent on Tuesday, their largest daily losses in three weeks, on pressure from ample global grain supplies and following declines in Euronext wheat, traders said. Wheat on the Paris exchange fell sharply for the […]

By Michael Hirtzer