Insights and Stories on Corn

Canola fund short position climbs higher

Jun. 17, 2024 at 11:07 am CDT

As of June 11, 2024, the net managed money short position in canola futures came in at 99,252 contracts (1,950 long/101,202 short), which was up by roughly 30,000 contracts from the previous week.

U.S. grains: Corn retreats from two-week high on mixed weather outlook

Jun. 14, 2024 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high as US, global weather worries lift grains

Jun. 13, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly: Prairie barley market steady with good new crop projections

Jun. 13, 2024 at 2:49 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

June Supply and Demand report has little effect on grain markets

Jun. 13, 2024 at 9:22 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on uncertain demand outlook; corn firm, soy lower

Jun. 12, 2024 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell about 1.5 per cent on Wednesday as worries about global export demand and a year-on-year rise in U.S. inventories overshadowed support from a shrinking Russian wheat crop, analysts said. Corn futures firmed while soybeans declined after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand reports offered […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canadian Grain Commission announces grain grading changes

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:55 am CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) announced several grain grading changes for the 2024-25 crop year to better meet the needs of the domestic grain sector and global buyers. “The Canadian Grain Commission values stakeholder input and is implementing these changes based on feedback from the sector. They will support continued […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ukraine corn production seen falling this year

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:46 am CDT

London | Reuters – Ukraine’s corn production and exports are expected to fall this year with yields set to fall after extreme heat while crops were sown in April, Mykola Gorbachov, president of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) said on Wednesday. “During the planting time in April we had really […]

By Nigel Hunt

Manitoba seeding nears completion: report

Jun. 12, 2024 at 9:43 am CDT

Manitoba farmers made good seeding progress in early June despite wet conditions, with 92 per cent of intended acres in the ground – up nine points from the previous week, according to the latest provincial crop report for the week ended June 11. Spring cereals, peas, and grain corn were […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs three per cent in rally from one-month lows; soy, corn sag

Jun. 11, 2024 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rallied on Tuesday after a nine-session slide, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) July WN24 wheat contract lifted by bargain buying and renewed worries about crops in top global exporter Russia, brokers said. CBOT soybean and corn futures declined as market […]

By Julie Ingwersen