Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat ends lower; US crop rating seen as anchor

Apr. 8, 2024 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago Board of Trade wheat dipped on Monday after a jump earlier in the day, as traders assessed conditions of the U.S. crops.

China’s drive to boost grain production hits bottleneck, state media says

Apr. 8, 2024 at 9:53 am CDT

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions, weather worries

Apr. 5, 2024 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

View of the Canadian parliament building from across the river.

Calls to eliminate the carbon tax grow after the April 1 increase

Apr. 5, 2024 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak US export sales, lower soyoil prices

Apr. 4, 2024 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Feed Grain Weekly: ‘A good time to secure pricing’

Apr. 4, 2024 at 1:25 pm CDT

There has been some movement in feed grain prices across the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Apr. 3, particularly in Alberta. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton chalked that up to factors such as road bans and the approach of spring seeding. She also noted a change in corn.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Technical buying lifts grains, soy as US Midwest planting season nears

Apr. 3, 2024 at 5:13 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday on technical buying and short covering that lifted prices from Tuesday's one-month lows as traders assessed Midwestern weather conditions before the spring planting season.

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Spring wheat futures find support, soybeans/corn rangebound

Apr. 3, 2024 at 3:32 pm CDT

After hitting their softest levels in three years, the Minneapolis spring wheat market uncovered some support on April 3, although all the spring-seeded U.S. crops could hold rangebound through the planting season.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn down as Midwest outlook seen boosting spring planting

Apr. 2, 2024 at 4:32 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures dropped on Tuesday on forecasts for good spring planting weather, easing concerns about a lower-than-expected acreage outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week.

By Karl Plume Renee Hickman Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sinks on big supplies; wheat down on good winter crop outlook

Apr. 1, 2024 at 4:40 pm CDT

U.S. grain futures fell on Monday as pressure from ample supplies partly unraveled steep gains late last week following a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that projected lower-than-expected U.S. corn plantings.

By Karl Plume Reuters