Insights and Stories on Corn

WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

Dec. 20, 2015 at 1:10 am CST

Nairobi | Reuters — The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform. Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn […]

Philippines to challenge court-ordered GMO import ban

Dec. 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm CST

By Enrico Dela Cruz Manolo Serapio Jr.

ChemChina to sweeten bid for Syngenta to $44B

Dec. 18, 2015 at 8:54 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on Brazil dryness, short-covering

Dec. 18, 2015 at 6:59 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Devalued Argentine peso seen spurring grain exports

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:40 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein

U.S. grains: Brazil dryness sparks soy short-covering

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded from a 3-1/2-week low on Thursday and closed higher for the first time in three sessions on short-covering sparked by concerns that dry weather in Brazil may clip soy production. Corn and wheat also clawed back earlier losses tied to Argentina’s export-friendly […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rangebound ahead of holidays

Dec. 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm CST

CNS Canada — Corn and soybeans at the Chicago Board of Trade are rangebound ahead of the holidays, according to one analyst. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent, the first increase since 2006, which pressured both corn and soybeans. But outside of that […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on global supply pressure

Dec. 16, 2015 at 4:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat, corn and soybeans fell on Wednesday as traders grappled with huge world stocks of all three commodities. Grain and oilseed prices edged higher during the overnight session but traders quickly locked in profits from the mild spikes amid the bearish global […]

By Mark Weinraub

Russia aiming for steady grain crop in 2016

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:20 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is aiming for an unchanged grain harvest in 2016 compared with the current year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. If the weather remains favourable during the winter and spring, Russia, a major wheat supplier to Turkey, Egypt and […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on export pressure

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures sank on Tuesday on expectations that U.S. exports will dry up due to increasing competition from South American countries, traders said. Corn futures also weakened, with ample global supplies and technical pressure triggering a round of profit-taking after they rose […]

By Mark Weinraub