Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year high on supply outlook, crop conditions

Jul. 13, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday for the fifth straight session, hitting a one-year high on better-than-expected demand and as heavy rains limited the yield potential of the new crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued Friday, surprised investors, showing corn and […]

U.S. grains: Corn sets one-year highs on tighter old-crop U.S. supply

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. old-crop soy, corn stocks miss forecasts

Jul. 10, 2015 at 12:52 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rally ahead of USDA report

Jul. 9, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Choppy, two-sided trade ahead for corn, soy

Jul. 8, 2015 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in rebound from one-week low

Jul. 8, 2015 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose from a one-week low on Wednesday on bargain buying and renewed concerns about excessive rains hurting U.S. production, while wheat tumbled on poor export demand. Corn futures ended near unchanged. Forecasts for more unwanted storms in parts of the U.S. Midwest lifted […]

By Tom Polansek

For Chicago futures traders, one final round in the ring

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– A few dozen Chicago traders donned their multicoloured jackets to trade soybean and Eurodollar futures the old-fashioned way one last time on Monday, marking the end of 167 years of open-outcry trading in the city where it was born. Barring a last-minute delay by U.S. regulators, […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped on Monday as lighter-than-expected U.S. rainfall eased fears about soggy Midwest crops while worries over Greece and China led investors to shun many commodity markets. Corn prices pulled back from 2015 highs notched last week after heavy Midwest rains raised […]

By Tom Polansek

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part […]

By Alexander Saeedy

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:34 pm CDT

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and […]

By Carey Gillam