Insights and Stories on Corn

Dec. 18, 2018 at 5:58 pm CST

A household name in U.S. cooking oils is set to become part of Canadian grain handler and oilseed processor Richardson International. Chicago-based Conagra Brands said Tuesday it will sell its Wesson oil brand and related assets — including a 280,000-square foot U.S. processing plant at Memphis — to Richardson for […]

By Dave Bedard

Dec. 14, 2018 at 7:45 am CST

With vomitoxin (DON) levels so prevalent in this year’s corn crop, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) says a new DON testing cost-sharing initiative will help producers strategically market their grain. Why it matters: OSCIA says cost-sharing will help farmers know how severe their deoxynivalenol (DON) issues are, […]

By Matt McIntosh

Dec. 13, 2018 at 5:28 pm CST

CNS Canada — The feed grain market in Western Canada is starting to firm up as a lack of farmer selling has supplies tightening. “It seems like we’re kind of moving higher here at the moment. Markets have a firmer tone to them for now,” said Allan Pirness of Market […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Dec. 12, 2018 at 6:24 pm CST

CNS Canada — Speculative short-covering and optimism over trade with China helped soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade move higher over the week ended Wednesday. While additional gains are possible, both markets will take more short-term direction from the day-to-day headlines. Conflicting headlines, tweets and other […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm CST

CNS Canada — The flat western Canadian feed grain market will continue for the forseeable future, but there could be slight changes around the holidays and into the New Year. “The market has been relatively flat for several weeks now and my guess is it will continue to be that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm