Insights and Stories on Corn

Syngenta still among options for Monsanto takeover bids

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

St. Louis | Reuters — Monsanto executives are discussing whether the world’s largest seed company should acquire agrochemical rivals, including top pesticide maker Syngenta, Monsanto president Brett Begemann said Tuesday. “Everybody’s talking now. There’s multiple ways things can occur,” he said. Monsanto abandoned a $45 billion bid for Syngenta in […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag as conditions improve

Nov. 17, 2015 at 7:15 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish strong after wild ride

Nov. 17, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Running rights on table in CP bid for Norfolk Southern

Nov. 17, 2015 at 6:21 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Feedlots curb buying interest

Nov. 16, 2015 at 7:42 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce from 6-1/2 year lows

Nov. 16, 2015 at 7:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures firmed on Monday, rising from 6-1/2 year lows on bargain-buying as investors covered bearish bets amid signs of strong export demand, traders said. Corn futures also closed higher, with traders citing a round of short-covering. The gains in both commodities were kept in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

Nov. 16, 2015 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Monday’s session down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit after late Friday’s cash prices fell short of expectations, traders and analysts said. Spot December finished at 127.675 cents/lb., and February at 129.65 cents (all figures US$). Live cattle’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

Taco Bell to switch to cage-free eggs after 2016, ahead of rivals

Nov. 16, 2015 at 5:34 pm CST

Los Angeles | Reuters — Taco Bell said on Monday its more than 6,000 U.S. fast-food restaurants would stop using eggs laid by caged hens by Jan. 1, 2017, years ahead of the deadlines set by its bigger rivals. The announcement came amid mounting pressure on Taco Bell to remove […]

By Lisa Baertlein

El Nino strengthening, to be among biggest on record: WMO

Nov. 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm CST

Geneva | Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the end of the year and become one of the strongest on record, the United Nations’ weather agency said Monday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this […]

By Tom Miles

U.S. livestock: Heavy meat supplies sour CME cattle, hog futures

Nov. 13, 2015 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell sharply on Friday, rounding out the week on a sour note as traders sought cover amid a steep downturn in wholesale beef prices. CME live cattle and feeder cattle futures gave back much of the gains they had made in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter