Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn, soy prices soar as storms drench U.S. Midwest

Jun. 25, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest level in two months and soybeans topped US$10 a bushel on Thursday on concerns about excessive rains in the U.S. Midwest curbing yield prospects, traders said. Wheat set a two-week high as the wet weather slowed the U.S. soft red […]

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit down as corn prices jump

Jun. 25, 2015 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Monsanto to invest over $1B in dicamba

Jun. 24, 2015 at 7:02 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn futures seen hinging on USDA data

Jun. 24, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking after two-week high

Jun. 24, 2015 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CME’s futures pit closures delayed to July 6 or later

Jun. 23, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group said Tuesday it will delay the closure of its open-outcry futures markets in Chicago and New York by at least one trading day due to a technical revision in its filing with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The final open-outcry session is now […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat soars as rains threaten Midwest’s harvest

Jun. 23, 2015 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped about four per cent on Tuesday on technical buying coupled with concerns about rains delaying the Midwest harvest, traders said. Corn set a five-week high on declining U.S. crop conditions while nearby soybeans fell on softening cash values and stepped-up farmer selling. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

Jun. 23, 2015 at 3:51 pm CDT

Zurich/Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta will sound out shareholders in the coming days for their views on the Swiss crop chemicals maker’s opposition to rival Monsanto’s US$45 billion takeover approach. Any takeover offer needs to be at a fair price and provide a high degree of certainty that it will […]

By Ludwig Burger Oliver Hirt

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

Jun. 22, 2015 at 6:08 pm CDT

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

Jun. 22, 2015 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat and corn also rose. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the July soybean contract settled up 18 cents at $9.89-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen