Insights and Stories on Corn

Organic seeding issues could cause trouble down the line

May. 26, 2017 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff As seeding starts—or in some cases, stalls—Canada’s organic market is holding seasonally steady. But current conditions could play a role further into the growing season. Producers are watching crop and market conditions for cues on which crops to grow, which means a bounce in oilseed […]

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: May 24

May. 25, 2017 at 1:31 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: May 10

May. 11, 2017 at 12:12 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Organic Price Quotes: Late April

Apr. 28, 2017 at 2:15 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Feed grain prices down, market looking to new crop

Apr. 28, 2017 at 2:15 pm CDT

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National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 26

Apr. 27, 2017 at 12:19 pm CDT

USDA – Compared to two weeks ago,feed grade corn demand and activity moderate, trading 9 cents lower FOB with the bulk of market activity on forward contracts. Feed grade soybean demand and activity moderate, trading 19 cents higher FOB. Trade activity on feed wheat too limited to trend due to […]

By OrganicBiz

China to work off corn stockpile in three to five years

Apr. 19, 2017 at 3:33 pm CDT

Beijing/Reuters – China will work off its corn stockpile in the next three to five years, said an executive at one of the country’s top corn processing firms on Wednesday, as firms ramp up processing capacity to use up the old stocks of grain. COFCO Biochemical, a listed subsidiary of […]

By Reuters

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 12

Apr. 13, 2017 at 9:23 am CDT

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News – Compared to two weeks ago, feed grade corn demand and activity moderate, trading five cents higher FOB with the bulk of market activity on forward contracts. Feed grade soybean demand and activity moderate, trading 1.04 lower FOB. Trend on feed wheat not available […]

By OrganicBiz

Palmer amaranth threatening U.S. corn fields

Apr. 5, 2017 at 3:13 pm CDT

Winterset, Iowa | Reuters — A U.S. government program designed to convert farmland to wildlife habitat has triggered the spread of a fast-growing weed that threatens to strangle crops in America’s rural heartland. The weed is hard to kill and, if left unchecked, destroys as much as 91 per cent […]

By Renita D. Young Tom Polansek

U.S. soy acreage forecast at all-time high despite plentiful stocks

Mar. 31, 2017 at 2:33 pm CDT

Reuters – U.S. farmers plan to seed a record amount of soybean acreage this spring, even with supplies trending near all-time highs, the government said Mar. 31. Growers will dial back their corn seedings this spring despite signs of firm demand as record stocks have cast a bearish tone over […]

By Mark Weinraub