Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Wheat falls as supply risks ease

Jun. 12, 2015 at 3:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks on Friday, surrendering more gains from a recent rally, weighed down by plentiful supplies and slow export sales. Corn and soybean prices also eased, with overall favourable U.S. crop conditions contributing to the downward pressure […]

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

Jun. 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Jun. 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law

Jun. 9, 2015 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat touches two-month high on harvest bets

Jun. 9, 2015 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Jun. 9, 2015 at 11:41 am CDT

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat adds two per cent gain to weather-related rally

Jun. 8, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed two per cent on Monday, extending last week’s rally on worries over potentially lower crop yields in the U.S. Plains. Wheat’s gains helped pull corn and soybeans close to the multi-week highs they touched on Friday. Weather concerns encouraged investors to cover short positions, […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

Monsanto sweetens Syngenta play with $2B break fee

Jun. 8, 2015 at 3:34 pm CDT

New York | Reuters –– U.S. seed and ag chem firm Monsanto has offered to pay a US$2 billion reverse break-up fee to Syngenta if it can’t obtain global regulatory approvals for an acquisition, it said in a statement on Sunday. The move, under which Monsanto would pay the fee […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

Jun. 5, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday on end-of-week profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. It was the first time all three commodities posted losses on the same day since May 26. Some position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand […]

By Mark Weinraub

Manitoba corn crops likely unscathed

Jun. 4, 2015 at 7:15 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn crop was nearly fully seeded ahead of crop insurance deadlines in late May, but frost events in Manitoba during the same time frame didn’t likely cause any damage. Parts of southwestern Manitoba saw a significant frost event on May 29 and 30, which killed off […]

By Terryn Shiells