Insights and Stories on Corn

Syngenta CEO leaves in wake of Monsanto deal rejection

Oct. 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters –– Syngenta CEO Mike Mack is stepping down as head of the Swiss agrochemicals group just two months after the company spurned a US$47 billion takeover approach from U.S. rival Monsanto. Mack, 55, will quit at the end of the month and chief financial officer John Ramsay […]

Feed: Ranchers turn to unwanted veggies for feed

Oct. 21, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Global markets: Brazilian and South African economies

Oct. 21, 2015 at 3:38 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law

Oct. 21, 2015 at 4:56 am CDT

By Staff

Monsanto asks California not to list herbicide as cancer cause

Oct. 20, 2015 at 11:47 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

ADM increases stake in Wilmar

Oct. 20, 2015 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains trader Archer Daniels Midland has increased its stake in Wilmar International of Singapore, in its latest bid to expand in Asia. ADM’s purchases represented about 22 per cent of Wilmar shares traded on Singapore’s exchange on Tuesday, Wilmar said in a regulatory filing. Wilmar […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn up on bargain buying after five-week low

Oct. 20, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding from earlier losses on technical buying and bargain hunting even as autumn harvests advanced more quickly than usual under dry weather conditions. Corn jumped from a five-week low and soybeans gained for the first time in […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Feed: Frost pressures Australian barley

Oct. 20, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Tuesday, Oct. 20. • The Grains Industry of Western Australia is predicting the area will harvest a 3.19 million-tonne barley crop in 2015-16. However, some recent frosts are casting questions on whether that […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Global markets: Canada’s federal election, Russia’s economy

Oct. 20, 2015 at 3:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION — Liberal leader Justin Trudeau won a majority government last night, despite being in third place at the start of a marathon 78-day campaign. Up next, the new prime minister must form a […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Binkley: Speculation swirls on Grits’ successor for Ritz

Oct. 20, 2015 at 11:37 am CDT

The guessing game on whom the next agriculture minister will be is well underway in Ottawa although no obvious choice stands out. Whoever Justin Trudeau selects will find Gerry Ritz a tough act to follow. During his eight years in the portfolio, he has put an increasing production and export […]

By Alex Binkley