Insights and Stories on Corn

Nov. 10, 2015 at 5:53 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade plunged on Tuesday as fresh estimates hit the market. Near-term, soybeans aren’t expected to improve much, one U.S. analyst said, though a lack of farmer selling could bring some upside to corn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Jade Markus

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture unexpectedly revised its global coarse grain supply estimate on Tuesday, saying Chinese feed millers were using feeds other than corn at a higher rate than previously thought over the past three years. Along with an increase in USDA’s 2015 U.S. corn […]

By Karl Plume

Nov. 4, 2015 at 9:15 am CST

Commodity News Service Canada – Brazil could be on pace to export as much as 31 million to 34 million tonnes of corn by the end of the 2015/16 marketing year, according to Pedro Dejneka, the executive director of AgResource’s Latin America division, speaking at the Cereals North America conference […]

By Dave Sims

Oct. 30, 2015 at 10:11 am CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, October 29. –  CBOT corn futures were higher on Thursday, with the December contract up four cents, at US$3.8000 per bushel, as solid weekly export demand provided some support. […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Oct. 24, 2015 at 3:25 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday signed off on a new genetically modified type of corn developed by Monsanto after a review concluded it posed no significant threat to agricultural crops, other plants or the environment. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced […]

By Karl Plume, P.J. Huffstutter