Insights and Stories on Corn

Canadian purchases of U.S. corn off to slow start

Sep. 19, 2024 at 1:39 pm CDT

Canadian purchases of corn from the United States are off to a slow start in the 2024-25 marketing year, with ample old crop barley supplies likely limiting demand.

U.S. grains: Soy ticks up on drought concerns, traders eye US harvest

Sep. 18, 2024 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

CBOT Weekly: Possible Chinese trade action of little concern

Sep. 18, 2024 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Wheat slips as concerns over Black Sea tensions fade

Sep. 17, 2024 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat and corn slip on profit taking, soy also falls

Sep. 16, 2024 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 16, 2024 at 1:46 pm CDT

Managed money fund traders added to their large net short position in canola in early September, while profit-taking saw a reduction in the bearish bets for soybeans and corn in Chicago, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatCan revises canola production lower

Sep. 16, 2024 at 9:35 am CDT

Hot and dry weather saw crop conditions decline across much of Western Canada over the past month, with the latest model-based production estimates from Statistics Canada showing downward revisions in both canola and wheat production from the August report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits 12-week peak on Black Sea tensions

Sep. 13, 2024 at 5:38 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures reached a 12-week high on Friday as escalating tensions in Russia's war with Ukraine increased uncertainty about Black Sea exports.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn ends higher despite USDA raising US yield outlook

Sep. 12, 2024 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended higher on Thursday, rebounding from a drop to near two-week lows after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) raised its estimate of the U.S. corn crop, traders said.

By Julie Ingwersen Reuters

Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

USDA’s September numbers meet trade expectations

Sep. 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm CDT

Coming within market expectations was essentially the central theme in the September supply and demand report (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture released on Sept. 12.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm