Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble after USDA hikes U.S. yield forecasts

Aug. 12, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures plunged six per cent and both corn and soybeans briefly fell their respective daily limits on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised traders by raising its estimates for domestic corn and soybean crops in a monthly report. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had […]

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA sees bumper corn, soy crops despite floods

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn follows broad weakness as crop ratings stabilize

Aug. 11, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Softer fed cattle market weighs on feeder prices

Aug. 10, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy at two-week highs on weather worries

Aug. 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures climbed to two-week highs on Monday amid concerns about stressful hot weather in the U.S. and Europe coupled with positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report, traders said. Wheat futures also advanced, following the firmer trend. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on eroding crop prospects

Aug. 7, 2015 at 3:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and registered their first weekly gain in five weeks, helped by signs of improving export demand and expectations that the U.S. government will trim its harvest forecast in a monthly crop report next week. Corn […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn dip on disappointing exports, better weather

Aug. 6, 2015 at 3:23 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Soybean and corn futures slipped on Thursday, pressured by disappointing U.S. export sales, forecasts for mostly favorable Midwest weather and technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat rose on better-than-expected export sales. “We had a nice bounce in corn and soybeans, so it’s a technical […]

By Rod Nickel

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to weaken as harvest nears

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Short-term corn and soybean futures have been bouncing due to dryness in the eastern U.S. corn belt, but as crops move into harvest, prices will likely fall, according to Brian Rydlund, market analyst at CHS Hedging Inc. The corn market is primarily being moved by ethanol bidders […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Prices advance on crop, weather worries

Aug. 5, 2015 at 2:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Wednesday as concerns about poor weather hurting autumn harvests fuelled a recovery from recent losses in the markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a crop report on Aug. 12, may trim its U.S. soybean acreage and ending stocks […]

By Tom Polansek