Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

Jul. 8, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn futures on Monday dropped to around the lowest prices in four years, as traders expected a positive picture of U.S. crop progress from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a report due later in the day.

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

Jul. 8, 2024 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta crops doing quite well

Jul. 8, 2024 at 9:18 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

Jul. 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz

Organic price quotes: Late June

Jul. 5, 2024 at 11:13 am CDT

By OrganicBiz

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

Jul. 3, 2024 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on short covering on Wednesday after nearing a four-year low this week on concerns about large supplies and lackluster U.S. export demand, analysts said.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT Weekly: Still at the behest of the weather

Jul. 3, 2024 at 2:04 pm CDT

United States corn and soybean crops continued to remain at whatever whims the weather brings, according to John Weyer of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Brazil pushing towards wheat self-sufficiency

Jul. 3, 2024 at 1:50 pm CDT

The USDA attaché in the country’s capital of Brasilia said the expansion of wheat will include cultivating “tropical wheat” in the savanna-like region in central Brazil known as the Cerrado biome. These varieties of tropical wheat are reported to be better resistant to dry weather.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba crop weather/conditions varied

Jul. 3, 2024 at 10:14 am CDT

Mixed weather conditions across Manitoba over the Canada Day long weekend left some regions of the province dealing with excess moisture, with high winds and cool temperatures also affecting crop development, according to the latest provincial crop report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rise on technical trading, weather questions

Jul. 2, 2024 at 4:22 pm CDT

Chicago corn futures extended gains on Tuesday on short-covering and U.S. crop condition questions, while soybean prices also turned higher on technical trading and unfavorable weather in some soybean growing areas of the central U.S., traders said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters