Insights and Stories on Corn

Peace MP named Conservatives’ lead ag critic

Nov. 20, 2015 at 2:36 pm CST

A contractor turned politician from Alberta’s northwestern Peace region is the new ag critic in Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Chris Warkentin, the Conservatives’ MP for Peace River since 2006 and, as of last month, the MP for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie, was named Friday by interim leader Rona Ambrose as the critic […]

Co-operator website earns national silvers

Nov. 20, 2015 at 12:35 pm CST

By Staff

FarmLink picks up mobile management app

Nov. 19, 2015 at 8:37 pm CST

By Staff

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban back on

Nov. 19, 2015 at 6:50 pm CST

By Staff

Stronger demand for minor feeds reflected in oats futures

Nov. 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies 1.5 per cent

Nov. 19, 2015 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures all firmed on Thursday on support from better-than-expected export sales reports for all three commodities, traders said. Gains in soybeans were limited by a huge global supply base following bumper harvests across the U.S. Midwest as well as improving crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

Syngenta ready to play role in sector shake-up

Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:48 pm CST

Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta and other major seeds and crop chemicals companies are intensively discussing tie-ups, the Financial Times quoted the Swiss firm’s chairman as saying Wednesday, adding to a chorus of voices predicting a sector shake-up. Conversations among the leading players in the industry are “extremely active,” the […]

By Ludwig Burger

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat close lower

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday in a technical setback following two days of modest gains, traders said. Wheat futures also weakened as a bleak fundamental picture, highlighted by plentiful global stocks, cast a bearish tone across the agriculture sector. Corn was mixed, with some contracts […]

By Mark Weinraub

ConAgra to spin off Lamb Weston potato unit, rebrand

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:33 pm CST

Reuters — ConAgra Foods said it will spin off its Lamb Weston frozen potato products business into a separate public company, the latest in a series of changes announced by the maker of Chef Boyardee pasta and Slim Jim jerky at a time when consumers are shifting to less-processed foods. […]

By Anjali Athavaley Ramkumar Iyer

Ag chem division not for sale, Bayer says

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:17 pm CST

Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugs and pesticide maker Bayer on Wednesday reaffirmed it would hold on to its crop chemicals business as talk of consolidation in the industry continued. Asked for a comment on remarks by Monsanto executives that the U.S. seeds giant was in internal discussions about tie-ups […]

By Reuters