Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

May. 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling […]

Monsanto’s move on Syngenta could mean move away from glyphosate

May. 22, 2015 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat tumble as U.S. dollar firms

May. 22, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on global weather worries, corn follows

May. 21, 2015 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Monsanto says would divest all of Syngenta’s seed business

May. 21, 2015 at 12:04 am CDT

By Carey Gillam

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn grind lower, watching weather

May. 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Great spring seeding conditions across much of the U.S. Midwest have weighed on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade — and the nearby bias remains pointed lower, barring a weather scare, according to an analyst. “The good growing conditions will keep (soybeans and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy at seven-month low, corn weak on favourable weather

May. 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to seven-month lows and corn to one-week lows on Wednesday, pressured by forecasts for nearly ideal growing conditions for the crops next week. Temperatures were seen warming up by next week after a chill that supported prices earlier this week. Coupled with recent […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage

May. 20, 2015 at 5:10 pm CDT

Each day it gets easier to assess how much damage frost and excessive moisture did to Manitoba crops over the Victoria Day long weekend. Farmers can expect their soybeans to emerge this week because of warm and sunny conditions — and that germination will probably suffer in some soybean fields. […]

By Allan Dawson

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to contract lows on speedy plantings

May. 19, 2015 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans fell to contract lows while corn eased 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, pressured by faster-than-normal spring plantings and overall favourable crop conditions in the U.S. Wheat futures tumbled two per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets reversing from gains […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on more U.S. rains, frost fears

May. 18, 2015 at 8:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat surged more than two per cent to the highest level in a month on Monday as forecasts for rains in the U.S. Plains revived concerns about crop damage and encouraged buying among investors with large short positions. Worries that frost and cold temperatures could […]

By Michael Hirtzer