Insights and Stories on Corn

Fund short position in canola dips for fourth week

Oct. 21, 2024 at 11:27 am CDT

The net fund short position in canola declined for the fourth week in a row in mid-October, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Speedy US corn and soy harvests strain farmers, storage capacity

Oct. 21, 2024 at 10:29 am CDT

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps on beneficial rains, Russian export policies

Oct. 18, 2024 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Provincial harvest 99 per cent finished

Oct. 18, 2024 at 10:37 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed Grain Weekly: Less activity before corn deliveries

Oct. 18, 2024 at 10:25 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn futures rise after big US grain sale to Mexico

Oct. 16, 2024 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said exporters reported the biggest daily export sale of the grain in more than a year.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Canadian Grain Commission predicts financial shortfall

Oct. 16, 2024 at 2:04 pm CDT

In a release Oct. 16, the organization said that “Since the Canadian Grain Commission reduced its official inspection and weighing fees in 2021, the organization has inspected and weighed lower-than-expected grain volumes, leading to a gap between revenue and costs.”

By Jeff Melchior

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Corn, soy down on South America rains; crude, equities sell-off

Oct. 15, 2024 at 4:02 pm CDT

U.S. corn and soybean futures fell for a fourth straight session on Tuesday and hit multi-week lows, guided by sharp declines in equities and crude oil and forecasts for timely rains in Brazil that have tempered worries about early-season planting delays.

By Karl Plume Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures down as USDA projects massive US crops

Oct. 11, 2024 at 4:53 pm CDT

Soy and corn futures turned lower on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report confirmed the advancing harvests in the U.S. will be some of the largest on record.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Ukraine grain exports to fall by more than 10 million tonnes due to smaller crop, official says

Oct. 11, 2024 at 10:08 am CDT

Ukraine's 2024/25 grain exports are likely to decrease to around 40 million metric tons from almost 51 million tons in 2023/24 due to a smaller harvest, the first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotskiy said on Friday.

By Pavel Polityuk Reuters