Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Wheat hits four-week low as relieving rains forecast

Oct. 19, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to the lowest levels in about a month while corn and soybeans also eased on Monday, pressured by forecasts for crop-friendly rains and plentiful global supplies, traders and analysts said. Showers this week were likely to benefit parched wheat fields in Russia […]

Suits stack up over alleged Roundup cancer link

Oct. 17, 2015 at 5:49 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

U.S. EPA launches probe into benefits of biofuels program

Oct. 16, 2015 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice

U.S. grains: Wheat falls below $5 on global supply, forecasts

Oct. 16, 2015 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Global markets: Kenya prompted to cut back on spending

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed: Ukraine, U.S. corn harvest advancing

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 16. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Friday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.74 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Rivals see local battles, not global war, with new beer giant

Oct. 15, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

Copenhagen/Brussels | Reuters — The prospect of a new competitor that produces one third of an entire industry’s output would normally terrify rival companies, but brewing is different. The very local nature of lagers and ales, and the fact that a price war is seen as unlikely, mean global market […]

By philip-blenkinsop Teis Jensen

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week low, soy sags on harvest pressure

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell to the lowest in more than three weeks and soybeans also eased, pressured by the ongoing Midwest harvest, while wheat fell one per cent in subdued trading on Thursday. At the Chicago Board of Trade, December corn settled down 3-1/2 cents at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed: Australian drought hurts grain production

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:13 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, Oct. 15. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Thursday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.77 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Global markets: Mine shutdowns, U.S. jobless claims

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The following is a glance at news moving markets globally. BHP EXECUTIVE SAYS SHUTTING MINES WON’T AFFECT PRICES – An executive from BHP Billiton Ltd., a multinational mining, metals and petroleum company, said mines being shut down will not affect commodity prices-like copper-because the mines being shut […]

By MarketsFarm Team