Insights and Stories on Corn

China’s COFCO Agri hiring grain traders, opening Winnipeg office

Jun. 10, 2016 at 4:51 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Chinese state-owned agricultural trader COFCO Agri is opening a trading office in the Canadian grain hub of Winnipeg, adding to the aggressive expansion of its North American agriculture business. COFCO Agri is hiring three grain traders and an operations manager to expand export and domestic trading, […]

Wheat crops excel in Ontario

Jun. 9, 2016 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Erin DeBooy

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn ease on profit-taking

Jun. 9, 2016 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy likely to decline in wake of USDA reports

Jun. 8, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Weather concerns spark soybean rally

Jun. 8, 2016 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: June 8

Jun. 8, 2016 at 2:09 pm CDT

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News – Compared to the prior trading period, organic grains traded moderate on moderate demand. Organic grain movement mostly on old crop contracts. Trade inactive on food grade corn and soybeans, roasted soybeans, barley, soft red winter, hard red winter, and hard red spring wheats. Feed […]

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on weather view

Jun. 7, 2016 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns about a La Nina weather pattern hindering crop development in the U.S. Midwest this summer with hot temperatures and dry conditions, traders said. Wheat futures also advanced, rising for the fifth straight day […]

By Mark Weinraub

EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

Jun. 6, 2016 at 4:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — EU nations refused to back a limited extension of the herbicide glyphosate’s use on Monday, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weed-killers from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of the month. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into […]

By Alissa de Carbonnel

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise on weather threats

Jun. 6, 2016 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat rallied on Monday, supported by concerns that rains in South America and Europe and dryness in the U.S. could limit crop production, traders said. “Crops are too wet over there while the next soaking rain looks at least 10 days off […]

By Mark Weinraub

Germany to abstain in EU glyphosate vote next week

Jun. 3, 2016 at 7:33 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Germany will abstain in a European Union vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in herbicides, because ministries run by different parties remain at odds over the chemical which some experts say could be carcinogenic. Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of glyphosate have […]

By Reuters