Insights and Stories on Corn

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:39 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are finding support from Argentina weather while corn markets remain stuck in sideways trading, according to a Chicago trader. “The corn markets have kind of been left out of the Argentina weather equation with heavy fund selling here […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Nov. 29, 2017 at 7:21 pm CST

CNS Canada — Weak exports and improving growing conditions in South America are casting a bearish tint over near-future prospects for corn and soybeans. One market analyst in Illinois noted the corn market was also extremely oversold. “A good technical close for December corn this week would be over $3.36” […]

By Dave Sims

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters –– A Mexican court has rejected a company’s appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said Friday. A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI […]

By Reuters

Nov. 22, 2017 at 5:10 pm CST

CNS Canada — While corn futures sat quietly this week on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), soybean futures were another story ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend. On Tuesday, “there was a lot of talk that Argentina was going to have some very good rains; the (soybean) market was […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Nov. 16, 2017 at 7:01 pm CST

CNS Canada — Pressure continues to build on the Chicago Board of Trade corn market but there could be a glimmer of hope as traders look for places to park money ahead of next week’s U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday. “I think people are looking for a place to buy the […]

By Dave Sims