Insights and Stories on Corn

EU delays vote on glyphosate license amid cancer row

May. 19, 2016 at 8:13 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Thursday delayed a vote on renewing sales approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, amid a transatlantic row over whether it may cause cancer. Experts from the EU’s 28 nations had been due to vote on a proposal to extend […]

U.S. grains: Rallying greenback sparks broad-based selloff

May. 19, 2016 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global ag chem shakeout

May. 19, 2016 at 3:07 pm CDT

By greg-roumeliotis Mike Stone

CBOT weekly outlook: Turbulence expected for soybeans

May. 18, 2016 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend winning streak

May. 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. study finds no risks to people, planet in GMOs

May. 18, 2016 at 10:46 am CDT

It’s time for the task of regulating new crop varieties to focus on plants’ characteristics rather than on how the plants were developed, a team of U.S. scientists recommends in a new report. A study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Tuesday released an “extensive” study […]

By Staff

U.S. holding company offers to buy grain handler Andersons

May. 17, 2016 at 7:56 pm CDT

Reuters — HC2 Holdings Inc., a company run by former hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, said on Tuesday it has made a bid to buy U.S. grain handler Andersons Inc for about US$1 billion in cash. Andersons is not looking to be acquired, the company’s new CEO told Reuters a […]

By Tom Polansek Vishaka George

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off previous lows

May. 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $5-$8 above week-ago levels with quality groups of steers selling for as much as $10 higher. Renewed optimism surfaced amongst feedlot operators as feeding margins appear to be moving above break-even pen closeout values. Auction markets that only had two or three major buyers […]

By Jerry Klassen

Syngenta offer deadline extended as regulators probe deal

May. 17, 2016 at 7:09 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — The deadline for shareholders in Swiss pesticides maker Syngenta to accept a US$43 billion takeover bid from state-owned ChemChina has been extended to allow for some outstanding regulatory approvals, the company said Tuesday. Syngenta said the offer will now run from May 24 to July 18. […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Prices soar as fund money flows to commodities

May. 17, 2016 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures jumped on Tuesday as investors sunk money into commodities, extending a run-up in prices linked to poor weather that has hurt harvests in South America. Commodity funds were net buyers of up to 14,000 corn contracts and 11,000 soybean contracts, a […]

By Tom Polansek