Insights and Stories on Corn

MP calls for mandatory GMO labels, echoes Vermont regulations

Jun. 15, 2016 at 8:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A Quebec MP has tabled a new bill calling for mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods, following steps taken by lawmakers south of the border. Pierre-Luc Dusseault, the New Democrat MP for Sherbrooke, introduced Bill C-291 Tuesday morning, calling for the mandatory labelling of genetically engineered […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Bull still needs to be fed for corn, soy

Jun. 15, 2016 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat on rain in Midwest, profit-taking

Jun. 15, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Report finds ethanol, bioenergy no threat to food security

Jun. 14, 2016 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rallies on weather worries

Jun. 14, 2016 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down on feed costs, demand worries

Jun. 13, 2016 at 8:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures each plummeted by their daily trading limits on Monday, declining in a technical selloff triggered in part by rising feed prices, traders and analysts said. Losses in feeder cattle of roughly three per cent outpaced declines in the more actively […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on weather worries, soybeans retreat

Jun. 13, 2016 at 7:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn rose about 1.7 per cent on Monday as commodity funds extended net long positions on forecasts for potentially stressful hot weather in the Midwest and the Mississippi River Delta, traders said. Soybeans and wheat turned lower, retreating from early advances. Soybeans fell on profit-taking […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Bayer ex-CEO reportedly opposed Monsanto deal

Jun. 11, 2016 at 2:52 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer ex-chief executive Marijn Dekkers opposed the company’s plans for a US$62 billion takeover of U.S. seeds firm Monsanto, German magazine Der Spiegel reported. Dekkers warned Bayer non-executive board chairman Werner Wenning against going ahead with the offer, Der Spiegel said in an excerpt of an […]

By Reuters

Bayer waiting for Monsanto to engage after spurned bid

Jun. 10, 2016 at 6:48 pm CDT

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, has still not opened its books more than two weeks after it rejected Bayer AG’s US$62 billion acquisition offer but left the door open to a possible deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The impasse shows that little progress in […]

By greg-roumeliotis

U.S. grains: Soybeans notch longest bull run in 43 years

Jun. 10, 2016 at 4:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the ninth straight week, the longest bull run in 43 years, on expectations that crop problems in Brazil and Argentina will steer more export business to the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed increased demand in a monthly crop […]

By Tom Polansek