Insights and Stories on Corn

U.S. grains: Corn dips on harvests, technical selling

Oct. 24, 2023 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday and neared a two-week low under pressure from U.S. harvesting and technical selling, analysts said. Wheat futures also eased, while soybeans and soymeal jumped. A quick harvest pace for U.S. corn and […]

Klassen: Feeder market vulnerable to weakness

Oct. 24, 2023 at 9:57 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures weaken as harvests progress

Oct. 23, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Managed money adding to net short positions in canola

Oct. 23, 2023 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn drops back below US$5

Oct. 20, 2023 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Low water on Mississippi to persist despite improved drought outlook

Oct. 19, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Low water levels on the lower Mississippi River are likely to persist through at least January despite expected above-normal precipitation across the southern U.S. this winter, forecasters with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. The severe to exceptional drought choking the lower Mississippi […]

By Karl Plume

Feed weekly outlook: Grains steady, waiting on U.S. corn imports

Oct. 19, 2023 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — More feed barley is reportedly making its way into Alberta cattle rations for the time being as recently-harvested supplies are competitive with corn imports from the U.S. While nearby demand is keeping the domestic market reasonably steady, more corn will likely start making its way north over the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cuts to corn output drag IGC’s overall estimates lower

Oct. 19, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Reductions to global corn production for 2023-24 resulted in the International Grains Council cutting some of its numbers in its monthly supply and demand report issued Thursday. The London-based IGC reduced its forecast for world corn output from its September call of approximately 1.222 billion tonnes, to 1.219 […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures rally to August high

Oct. 19, 2023 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rallied above US$5 a bushel to their highest level since August on Thursday, while soybean futures touched a four-week high. The gains came as farmers are in the middle of harvesting their crops, a time when the influx of fresh supplies normally pressures […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn rangebound, soybeans rising, wheat erratic

Oct. 18, 2023 at 8:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have moved higher over the past week, corn was rangebound and wheat lacked any clear direction in choppy trade, making it hard to predict where values may go from here, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities in Barrington, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm