Insights and Stories on Corn

Jul. 24, 2018 at 2:57 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian corn is flowing into Europe at the fastest pace in four years, helped by retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. by the European Union that has shut American corn out of the bloc, traders said. Corn shipments to western European countries rose 85 per cent year […]

By Michael Hirtzer, Rod Nickel

Jul. 18, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade recovered off of contract lows over the past week, but it’s still too early to say either commodity has found a bottom. “I’m looking for baby steps to confirm the bottom, and I haven’t seen anything of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 10, 2018 at 8:28 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Agricultural markets throughout North America continue to weather a storm of tariffs and uncertain political interventions — and from where one trader sits, prices for corn and soybeans may have seen their low points. “We have gotten back down to recent lows in corn while beans have […]

By Dave Sims

Jul. 7, 2018 at 12:04 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Global supply-demand outlooks, released by the market monitoring agency of an alliance of 11 international organizations, point to lower corn production for 2018-19. The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) Market Monitor report for July said the record corn harvest in 2017-18 will slip by more than four […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Jul. 5, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s a wait-and-see game for traders who deal in corn and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “It looks like we’re going to be concerned a lot about what happens with our friends from China here in the short term,” said Jack Scoville, of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm