Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn falls on improving weather view

Jun. 19, 2015 at 4:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, setting back from a three-day rally on a round of profit-taking after prices hit their highest in more than a month, traders said. Corn futures also fell, pressured by forecasts for drier weather and rising temperatures that […]

Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting

Jun. 18, 2015 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soy rallies on short-covering, planting woes

Jun. 18, 2015 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather issues dominate corn, soy in short term

Jun. 17, 2015 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soy, wheat rise on weather outlook

Jun. 17, 2015 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

Washington/New York | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease. Under new FDA regulations, partially hydrogenated […]

By Ransdell Pierson toni-clarke

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as planting slows, crop concerns emerge

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose as much as 2.5 per cent on Tuesday, supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cut to crop ratings and its report showing planting has fallen behind the typical pace, traders said. Corn futures rose too, firming on bargain […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

Jun. 15, 2015 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 2.9 per cent on Monday, hitting a two-week low on expectations that drier conditions in the U.S. Plains will allow farmers to harvest a bumper crop, traders said. Corn futures also fell, hitting new contract lows amid pressure from […]

By Mark Weinraub

Reactions mixed on U.S. biofuel policy role in Canadian market

Jun. 13, 2015 at 4:24 am CDT

CNS Canada — The climate of the Canadian renewable fuel market could shift when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes its new targets, some industry professionals say. Revised biofuel targets recently proposed by the EPA would reduce standards put in place in 2007. The changes would adjust Renewable Fuel Standard […]

By Jade Markus

Brazil’s grain ports seen facing record volumes

Jun. 12, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s grain ports will endeavour to move the last of a record soybean crop just as a huge corn harvest starts competing for terminal space, testing the country’s export capacity, an analyst at local consultancy Agroconsult said. Brazil is exporting much of a record 96 […]

By Reuters