Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soy surges on concerns over Argentina soymeal

May. 25, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped three per cent on Wednesday, the biggest gain for the most-active contract in two weeks, boosted by concerns about a possible shortage of soymeal from Argentina. U.S. wheat futures rose on short-covering and forecasts of unfavourable rain in the U.S. Plains grain belt, while […]

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: May 25

May. 25, 2016 at 2:49 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Pearce: Ontario crop conditions a tale of two scenarios

May. 24, 2016 at 8:27 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Klassen: Improving margins support feeder market

May. 24, 2016 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on short-covering, wet weather

May. 24, 2016 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Monsanto rejects Bayer bid

May. 24, 2016 at 1:15 pm CDT

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, has rejected Bayer AG’s US$62 billion acquisition bid as “incomplete and financially inadequate” but hasn’t slammed the door on further talks. Reuters on Tuesday quoted two unnamed sources as saying Monsanto can see the logic of combining with the German drugs and crop chemicals […]

By Reuters

Bayer confirms US$62 billion cash offer for Monsanto

May. 23, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters –– German drugs and chemicals group Bayer AG said it had made an offer to buy U.S. seeds company Monsanto for US$122 per share in cash, or a total value of $62 billion including debt, to create the world’s biggest agricultural supplier. Bayer said on Monday that […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat fall on broad commodity weakness

May. 23, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on profit-taking as commodities fell broadly and soymeal backed down from contract highs, analysts said. Wheat also declined but corn futures rose, bucking the weak trend. At the Chicago Board of Trade, July soybeans settled down 15-3/4 cents at $10.58-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Ex-Dreyfus CEO leaves board in latest shakeup

May. 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Global agricultural trader Louis Dreyfus Co. announced board changes on Thursday in which former CEO Serge Schoen will leave the group, another step in a leadership shakeup under main shareholder Margarita Louis-Dreyfus. Schoen oversaw rapid growth at the trading house as CEO between 2005 and 2013. […]

By Reuters

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

May. 20, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

Reuters — As Bayer joins the agricultural sector’s scramble to consolidate, its bid for Monsanto may be a tipping point for U.S. farmers, federal lawmakers and regulators concerned the tie-ups may harm the farm economy. If Monsanto accepts Bayer’s unsolicited offer, experts say, the deal would inevitably trigger a review […]

By diane-bartz P.J. Huffstutter