Insights and Stories on Corn

Nov. 12, 2014 at 7:07 pm CST

Reuters — Dow AgroSciences said Wednesday it will restrict sales of its new genetically modified corn and soybeans to prevent them from entering U.S. domestic or international grain marketing channels as it awaits import approval from China. The move by the agricultural unit of Dow Chemical is aimed at avoiding […]

By Carey Gillam

Nov. 6, 2014 at 3:57 pm CST

Chicago / Reuters – At 47.1 bushels an acre, last month’s soybean yield estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was a new all-time high. And the average trader estimate for the USDA’s November projection is higher still, at 47.608 bushels. Even so, the long-term relationship between corn and soybeans suggests […]

By gavin-maguire

Oct. 31, 2014 at 8:25 am CDT

Reuters — The slow pace of crop sales by farmers that has hurt two of the world’s biggest grain traders will likely stretch into next year, the head of Bunge Ltd said on Thursday. The forecast for sluggish sales from Chief Executive Officer Soren Schroder may mean that Bunge and […]

By Tom Polansek

Oct. 23, 2014 at 7:00 pm CDT

Reuters — A coalition of U.S. farmer and environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn regulatory approval granted last week for an herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, argues that the Environmental Protection Agency […]

By Carey Gillam

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:25 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as rainfall over parts of the U.S. Midwest caused harvest delays. “The lows were put in at the beginning of October, and we’ve seen a nice rally off of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin