Insights and Stories on Corn

Organic seed growers split with OTA over U.S. label plan

Jul. 14, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

A U.S. organic seed grower organization best known for its court case against Monsanto has parted ways with one of North America’s biggest organic sector bodies over a proposed nationwide GMO label law in the U.S. The Maine-based growers’ group, the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA), announced Thursday […]

U.S. grains: New forecast ends rallies

Jul. 14, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

La Nina seen likely to build in August-to-October period

Jul. 14, 2016 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bayer sweetens offer for hesitant Monsanto

Jul. 14, 2016 at 12:40 pm CDT

By greg-roumeliotis

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy enter temperature-driven phase

Jul. 13, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend rally as fundamentals improve

Jul. 13, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Wednesday, both posting their second straight day of sharp gains on concerns about hot and dry weather cutting into U.S. soybean crops and expectations of strong exports of U.S. corn. “Soybeans are the main drivers of the grain market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on worries heat may threaten crops

Jul. 12, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures rose on Tuesday, with soybeans touching a one-week high, on worries that a heat wave may threaten crops later this summer. Concerns about the risk of damaging weather overshadowed a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which predicted a big domestic […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy sag ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 11, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Monday, as investors braced themselves on the eve of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report that analysts expected to project rising domestic corn stockpiles. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, although forecasts for hot weather in the U.S. Midwest crop […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Bargain hunting, weather concerns support soy, corn gains

Jul. 8, 2016 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Friday on a bargain-buying bounce after declining sharply earlier in the week. Concerns about hot and dry weather stressing both crops as they head toward key developmental phases added to the strength. “Traders continue to have concerns about forecasts […]

By Mark Weinraub

Danone to buy U.S. organic foods group WhiteWave

Jul. 8, 2016 at 10:25 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — France’s Danone said on Thursday it would double the size of its U.S. business by buying organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods in a deal worth US$12.5 billion, including some $2.1 billion of debt and “other” liabilities. The purchase will help the French company to pursue affluent […]

By Dominique Vidalon Michel Rose