Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer

Sep. 29, 2015 at 6:17 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization’s cancer research unit said it was […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain as shorts hunt for cover

Sep. 29, 2015 at 5:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Liberals, NDP say would clarify foreign takeover rules

Sep. 29, 2015 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Producer groups lobby for TPP deal in Atlanta

Sep. 29, 2015 at 2:29 am CDT

By Staff

Pearce: Outdoor Farm Show hosts Kubota’s ‘triple play’

Sep. 28, 2015 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress

Sep. 28, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slid Monday, pressured by a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets and progress by U.S. farmers in harvesting crops. Soybeans tumbled more than one per cent, while Chicago wheat slipped off its earlier one-month high. Corn also declined. “This will be one […]

By Rod Nickel

VW scandal might ‘hurt’ diesel prices, gas analyst says

Sep. 26, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The scandal gripping German automaker Volkswagen and its diesel-powered passenger cars could ultimately result in a glut of diesel coming onto the market, according to a fuel analyst. “I don’t think anybody sees diesel going away forever, but from a passenger vehicle (viewpoint) we really need to […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to close week

Sep. 25, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybeans rallied 2.4 per cent to their highest in more than a week on Friday, supported by signs of a pick-up in export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. U.S. wheat futures rose 2.2 per cent to their highest since Aug. 14. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat slides from one-month high

Sep. 24, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent from a one-month top on Thursday on a round of profit taking, with plentiful global supplies allaying concerns about adverse crop weather in Australia and the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn futures edged lower, pressured by the expanding […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans feeling harvest pressure

Sep. 23, 2015 at 5:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures finished lower for the week ended Wednesday as the advancing harvest pressured already-low prices. The front-month soybean contract dropped to some of its lowest levels in more than six years. The rising strength of the U.S. dollar has made […]

By Dave Sims