Insights and Stories on Corn

Nov. 7, 2024 at 12:11 pm CST

Barley seems to be the preferred grain over corn at feedlots in the Lethbridge, Alta.-area during the week ended Nov. 7, 2024.

By Adam Peleshaty

Nov. 6, 2024 at 2:50 pm CST

The trade's initial reaction to the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump was bearish for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade on Nov. 6. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Nov. 7 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report on Nov. 8 are likely to have a bullish effect on those commodities, said Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm CST

Speculators were busy covering short positions and moving more money to the long side of the canola market during the week ended Oct. 29, taking the net short position in the oilseed to its lowest level in over a year, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 4, 2024 at 3:26 pm CST

Things have been greatly improving for Brazilian soybean and corn crops, while the jury is still out for Argentina, said Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 1, 2024 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures ticked up on Friday as export demand for U.S. crops swelled and harvest pressure eased, analysts said. Soybean futures turned lower in choppy trading after rising earlier on U.S. export sales. Wheat futures also eased as rains over dry regions of the U.S. […]

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters