Insights and Stories on Corn

Constellation considering Canadian wine IPO

Apr. 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm CDT

Reuters — Constellation Brands said on Wednesday it was considering taking a part of its Canadian wine business public and reported better-than-expected quarterly net sales, helped by strong demand for its premium Corona and Modelo beers. Shares of the New York-based wine, beer and spirits company, which forecast full-year profit […]

U.S. grains: Soy dips as farmers are expected to expand plantings

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

Apr. 5, 2016 at 3:28 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

China’s farmers switch to soy amid corn market reform

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Naveen Thukral Niu Shuping

California rules led to near 25 per cent cut in water use

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Sharon Bernstein

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from August peak

Apr. 4, 2016 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slumped on Monday as traders took profits after prices reached their highest point since August on technical buying and last week’s government forecast for lower-than-expected plantings. Corn prices ended mixed as traders digested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) estimate for much larger-than-expected […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend gains after planting forecasts

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:21 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday as estimates of smaller-than-expected U.S. plantings spurred buying. Corn bounced off a 9-1/2-month low to finish up on bargain-buying. Chicago Board of Trade May soybeans rose 7-1/2 cents or 0.9 per cent to $9.18-1/4 a bushel, racking up a fifth […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plunged more than four per cent on Thursday in the market’s steepest drop since mid-August after the U.S. Agriculture Department forecast 2016 planted acreage well above trade expectations. Soybeans firmed on USDA’s lower-than-expected soybean acreage and quarterly stocks estimates, although gains were limited […]

By Karl Plume