Insights and Stories on Corn

Pearce: Ontario’s EFP program takes next step

Oct. 3, 2015 at 2:49 pm CDT

Next year it will have been 25 years since Ontario introduced the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) for farms, and leading up to that anniversary, it’s worth noting more than 38,000 farm families have participated. In spite of some growing pains in the late 1990s, the EFP has grown to provide […]

Pacific trade ministers extend talks through Saturday

Oct. 2, 2015 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Reuters

NDP would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

Oct. 2, 2015 at 6:39 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking

Oct. 2, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

Oct. 1, 2015 at 8:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

ConAgra to cut 1,500 jobs, shift base to Chicago from Omaha

Oct. 1, 2015 at 7:06 pm CDT

Reuters — ConAgra Foods said it would cut about 1,500 jobs and move its headquarters to Chicago from Omaha as part of a plan to save at least US$300 million in three years. The maker of Chef Boyardee pasta and Healthy Choice dinners is under pressure to cut costs and […]

By Anjali Athavaley Sruthi Ramakrishnan

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

Oct. 1, 2015 at 3:50 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat rose more than one per cent on Thursday, extending a rally triggered by Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture data that put the 2015 U.S. crop below market estimates. Corn futures rose slightly on technical buying and spillover support from wheat. Soybeans slumped on pressure from an […]

By Rod Nickel

TPP trade ministers push to wrap up ambitious trade deal

Sep. 30, 2015 at 8:23 pm CDT

Atlanta | Reuters — Pacific trade ministers readied on Wednesday to close the biggest trade deal in a generation but warned there was still work to be done on issues ranging from intellectual property to trade in dairy and automobiles. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said ministers from the 12 […]

By Ana Isabel Martinez Krista Hughes

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump as USDA cuts production outlook

Sep. 30, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded on Wednesday, after a government report showed that wheat production was less than traders had expected. Meanwhile, corn futures lost ground, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly grain stocks report showed that both corn and soybean supplies were plentiful and U.S. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Supply management the hot button at ag debate

Sep. 30, 2015 at 3:53 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Representatives from Canada’s five main parties met Wednesday in Ottawa to discuss and debate farm policy ranging from risk management to transportation and rural infrastructure ahead of the Oct. 19 federal election. The hot button issue of the debate, however, was Canada’s supply management systems for dairy, […]

By Jade Markus