Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

Sep. 22, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds and banks to keep large trades. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to allow financial firms to count their market […]

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Manitoba corn growers warily eye moisture content

Sep. 21, 2015 at 1:02 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

Sep. 20, 2015 at 9:54 am CDT

By Reuters

Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

Sep. 20, 2015 at 9:45 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A strike by Brazilian federal agricultural agents responsible for approving certificates required for shipments could affect Brazil’s corn exports, the director of the cereal exporters association Anec Sergio Mendes said Friday. Mendes said the strike that started on Thursday was “the worst thing that could […]

By roberto-samora

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as harvest looms; wheat firms

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday and were down about 0.8 per cent for the week as farmers prepared to harvest a bumper crop in the Midwest, traders said. Corn followed soybeans lower while wheat futures firmed on short covering, despite ample global supplies. At the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Sales from organic U.S. farms reached $5.5B last year

Sep. 17, 2015 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Sales from organic U.S. farms reached US$5.5 billion last year, a 72 per cent increase from 2008, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a report on Thursday that highlighted the consumer trend toward such products. The USDA data, compiled through farmer surveys, showed that milk was […]

By Tom Polansek

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy drift lower in cautious trade

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell for a third day on Thursday as the harvest of an expected bumper crop expanded, but price movement was restrained as markets digested a Federal Reserve decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged. Wheat and soybean futures sagged on a lack of […]

By Julie Ingwersen