Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Weather concerns prompt short-covering in wheat

Jun. 4, 2015 at 3:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures jumped 2.3 per cent on Thursday, posting their third gain in the last four sessions as some weather concerns provided the impetus for traders to cover short positions. The forecast for more rain, which could slow the tail end of […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans to break below US$9 before summer half over

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:27 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans sag after rally

Jun. 3, 2015 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Sources say BASF mulling potential bid for Syngenta

Jun. 3, 2015 at 3:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed

Jun. 2, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Cutworm, flea beetle pressure piling on Prairie crops

Jun. 2, 2015 at 6:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — High levels of cutworms and flea beetles are damaging crops in Western Canada this spring, according to Manitoba’s crop entomologist. Manitoba growers started noticing damage from cutworms this week, said John Gavloski, extension entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development in Carman. “They were there in […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Lower greenback sparks rally in wheat, corn, soy

Jun. 2, 2015 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday, supported by a steep decline in the U.S. dollar that made all three commodities more attractive to investors looking for a hedge against inflation, traders said. Wheat notched the biggest gain, with the front-month Chicago Board of […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory

Jun. 1, 2015 at 5:40 pm CDT

It’s not that farmers in Ontario aren’t frustrated and angry concerning legislation aimed at curbing the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. They are. However, during a protest Friday in front of Ontario Deputy Premier Deb Matthews’ riding office in London, executives with the Grain Farmers of Ontario and roughly 35 […]

By Ralph Pearce

U.S. grains: Short-covering sparks rally in wheat

Jun. 1, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied 3.4 per cent on Monday, bouncing off of their lowest in nearly three weeks, on a round of short-covering, traders said. “Frankly this market was struggling to go down,” Arlan Suderman, senior market analyst at Water Street Solutions, said. “When you run […]

By Mark Weinraub

Farm and Country editor John Phillips, 88

May. 30, 2015 at 10:39 am CDT

A memorial is scheduled Saturday in Toronto for journalist John Phillips, who served 25 years as editor of the Ontario farming journal Farm and Country. Phillips died “peacefully” Wednesday at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga at age 88, according to his obituary. According to Farm and Country’s successor magazine Better […]

By Staff