Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. […]

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

Mar. 31, 2016 at 11:09 am CDT

By Jim Bentein

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans await data

Mar. 30, 2016 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat drops from two-week high

Mar. 30, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

Mar. 29, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China to end state corn stockpiling, free up prices

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:55 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to scrap its corn stockpiling scheme and allow markets to set prices for the grain, pushing to boost efficiency on its farms and to narrow a gap between local and international prices that has sparked a surge of cheaper imports. The government will instead […]

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on dry, chilly weather

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday to add to sharp gains a day earlier as the market assessed the risk of yield losses to U.S. crops due to a combination of dry and cold weather. Corn finished stronger and touched a nearly two-month high, with traders digesting news that […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel

Deere buys stake in U.S. sprayer maker Hagie

Mar. 29, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

CORRECTED, March 30, 2016 — Reuters — Deere and Co. said on Tuesday it has acquired a majority stake in Hagie Manufacturing, allowing the farm equipment manufacturer to take a greater position the high-clearance sprayer market. High-clearance sprayers, which allow farmers to spray fertilizers and pesticides in-crop later in the growing season, […]

By Reuters

Certified organic seed supply limited

Mar. 29, 2016 at 9:31 am CDT

By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff Organic farmers in Western Canada are turning to conventional seed as eager selling and limited production means few certified organic supplies are available for the growing season ahead, say industry specialists from across the Prairies. “Peas and lentils are getting nearly impossible to find in […]

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps as Plains dryness sparks short-covering

Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two per cent on Monday on technical buying and short-covering amid concerns about adverse weather in parts of the winter wheat belt that could damage developing crops. Corn firmed slightly as spillover support from rallying wheat offset concerns about abundant global […]

By Karl Plume