Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Wheat to multiyear lows on strong dollar, crop ratings

Mar. 1, 2016 at 5:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to multi-year lows on Tuesday, pressured by strength in the dollar and better crop conditions than last year in the Plains, analysts said. Soybean and corn futures declined for a sixth straight session, with the most-active May contracts in both markets falling […]

U.S. grains: Corn sags for fifth straight session on lacklustre demand

Feb. 29, 2016 at 5:15 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Hefty supply pushes soy to 10-week low

Feb. 26, 2016 at 6:41 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Spring road bans to slow grain movement across Prairies

Feb. 25, 2016 at 7:01 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Futures fall as USDA forecasts more corn acres

Feb. 25, 2016 at 5:47 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

BASF to cut half the jobs in plant biotech unit

Feb. 25, 2016 at 5:03 pm CST

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– BASF, the world’s largest chemicals group by sales, will cut half of the 700 jobs at its plant biotechnology business, slashing some early development projects in yield improvement and stress tolerance and all of its rice yield and corn fungal resistance projects. BASF’s plant biotechnology […]

By Reuters

Bayer sizing up deals to strengthen seeds operation

Feb. 25, 2016 at 4:28 pm CST

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters — Bayer’s Crop Science business is casting its eye over potential targets to enhance its seeds operation, the division’s head said on Thursday, as competitive threats increase with big mergers among its rivals. The Bayer CropScience operation comprises the world’s second-largest pesticides supplier but remains a […]

By Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss

Coop Federee to offer Olymel stake

Feb. 25, 2016 at 3:50 pm CST

Reuters — Quebec-based La Coop Federee, one of Canada’s biggest farmer co-operatives, is offering for sale up to 49 per cent of pork processor Olymel, to help fund expansion in Western Canada, CEO Gaetan Desroches said in an interview. La Co-op would retain control of Olymel, which along with Maple […]

By Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy down with optimal weather

Feb. 24, 2016 at 5:07 pm CST

CNS Canada — Favourable weather is good news for producers, but bad news for prices, as Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures edge lower with a relative lack of concerns. Corn — Corn futures have been grinding lower over the course of the week as South American harvest […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat lowest since June 2010 on bumper supplies

Feb. 24, 2016 at 3:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank to 5-1/2-year lows on Wednesday under pressure from large global supplies and sluggish demand, in the markets’ fifth consecutive session of declines. Corn and soybean futures each fell for a second day, pressured by the prospect of bumper crops in South America […]

By Tom Polansek