Insights and Stories on Corn

Neonic insecticides widespread in Iowa waters

Jul. 25, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Reuters — A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honey bee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study […]

GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries

Jul. 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

GRAINS: Soybeans hit over one-week high, U.S. old-crop supply tightens

Jul. 23, 2014 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Grain bags catching on in the U.S. Midwest

Jul. 23, 2014 at 9:51 am CDT

By Karl Plume

GRAINS: U.S. corn slides to 4-yr lows on bright harvest prospects

Jul. 22, 2014 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

Jul. 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

Jul. 21, 2014 at 4:15 pm CDT

U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

Jul. 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Corn, soybean price drop may be premature

Jul. 17, 2014 at 10:08 am CDT

"I do think the market may have gone a little bit too far to the downside for the moment." Ted Seifried, vice-president of brokerage Zaner Group

By Mark Weinraub

Possible Argentina debt default seen reducing corn output

Jul. 8, 2014 at 4:22 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will likely sow less corn in the upcoming 2014-15 season if the government fails to stave off a new sovereign default in talks being held in New York this month, industry analysts said. Recession-hit Argentina is the world’s No. 3 exporter of corn […]

By Maximiliano Rizzi