Insights and Stories on Corn

Oct. 7, 2014 at 2:37 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Farmers from the biggest U.S. corn-growing states have sued Syngenta over sales of genetically modified corn seed not approved by China, joining global exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss-based company. In coordinated lawsuits filed on Friday in federal courts in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and […]

By Tom Polansek

Oct. 3, 2014 at 11:33 am CDT

Farmers in the Rabo AgriFinance tent at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in late August looked uncomfortable when Curt Hudnutt, Rabo AgriFinance’s chief credit officer, delivered the heart of his message: “We expect that corn and soybean farmers will lose money in 2015 and 2016.” It was […]

By Leeann Minogue

Oct. 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were lower during the week ended Wednesday, as funds continued to try and take advantage of new lows on the market. “People in the market come in and try to cherry-pick the bottom,” said Sean Lusk, director of commercial […]

By Dave Sims

Sep. 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to fresh four-year lows during the week ended Wednesday, and there is still plenty of room to the downside as the harvest pressure builds over the next month. “It will be a long harvest,” said Scott […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 24, 2014 at 2:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade grain exchange, said on Wednesday it had no immediate plans to introduce its controversial variable storage rate (VSR) scheme in its CBOT corn futures, the world pricing benchmark for the biggest and most valuable feed grain. “We […]

By Christine Stebbins