Insights and Stories on Corn

Jun. 30, 2017 at 2:45 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers who have been holding out for higher prices for their corn may finally sell their grain below target levels in the next few weeks as a government report released Friday underscores the huge supplies left in storage bins around the country, analysts said. The […]

By Mark Weinraub

Jun. 28, 2017 at 9:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving in trader-positioning with technical features and ahead of key data. Investors in CBOT corn and soybean markets are rolling out of positions in the July contract into more deferred months. “With that said, we’re seeing […]

By Jade Markus

Jun. 23, 2017 at 7:33 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for […]

By Nate Raymond

Jun. 21, 2017 at 4:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade could be set for a major move depending on what the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveals in next week’s acreage estimates, according to an analyst. “We’ll find out, did we really plant the 90 million (acres) or are we […]

By Dave Sims

Jun. 21, 2017 at 12:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Grain handler Lansing Trade Group LLC is buying Interstate Commodities, marking another step in consolidation that is rippling through the U.S. agriculture sector as persistently low prices keep pressure on profits. The combined companies could handle as much as seven per cent of the U.S. corn […]

By Michael Hirtzer