Insights and Stories on Corn

Argentine farmers end sales strike as corn export cap pulled

Jan. 13, 2021 at 11:52 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farmers called off a three-day-old sales strike on Wednesday, hours before it had been scheduled to end, after the government agreed to free corn export from a recently decreed limit of 30,000 tonnes a day. The export cap that had been imposed at the […]

China to approve further domestic GMO corn, soy crop varieties

Jan. 11, 2021 at 8:35 pm CST

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Argentina lifts corn export ban

Jan. 11, 2021 at 2:34 am CST

By Maximilian Heath

Argentina ‘evaluating’ corn export suspension

Jan. 7, 2021 at 7:09 pm CST

By Maximilian Heath

Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn

Jan. 4, 2021 at 5:18 am CST

By Laura Gottesdiener

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy continue rallies

Nov. 18, 2020 at 3:34 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have appreciated a significant rally over the past weeks. Last week’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) detailed lower-than-expected ending stocks for soybeans, which were bullish for soybean values. “Beans are on […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report sends soy, corn up sharply

Nov. 10, 2020 at 12:37 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn yields in the United States ended up much smaller than early expectations, according to updated supply and demand estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The resulting drop in production and ending stocks has sent futures rallying to new contract highs, with more […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Watch for USDA’s corn, soy stocks numbers to decline

Oct. 7, 2020 at 5:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Expect ending stocks for U.S. corn and soybeans to be lower in the upcoming supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill. USDA is scheduled to release its next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian corn, soybean stocks increase

Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — New stats show larger soybeans and corn stocks in Canada as of July 31 when compared to the same time last year. Statistics Canada issued its updated report on stocks of grain and oilseeds on Tuesday morning. The federal agency said combined farm and commercial stocks of corn […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed weekly outlook: Bids hold firm in West

Oct. 2, 2020 at 2:33 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada remain firm at the beginning of October, with a lack of significant farmer selling keeping the market underpinned as harvest wraps up across the Prairies. The barley harvest is mostly complete across the Prairies, but total yields and production remain to be […]