Insights and Stories on Corn Markets

Jan. 4, 2018 at 9:37 am CST

CNS Canada – Corn and soybean contracts are remaining quiet at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as traders await United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports due out next week. “(The report is) a big one. I guess most (people are) and I am too looking for a little […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Nov. 20, 2017 at 2:30 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada – ICE Canada canola prices bounced around within a wide range during the week ended November 17, but finished on a firmer note as a rally in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans gave canola a boost. Any strength was largely tied to chart-based speculative buying, with […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:00 pm CST

Washington | Reuters – U.S. corn production will be higher than expected as harvest yields came in at record levels despite some concerns about the crop throughout the growing season, government data showed on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and demand report said the bumper corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

Apr. 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

Reuters — Wang Zhonghai, a 49-year-old farmer in China’s top corn producing province of Heilongjiang, plans to switch 80 per cent of his land to cultivate soybeans this year as the government ends a near-decade-old corn price support scheme. China announced last week it will stop its corn stockpiling program […]

By Naveen Thukral, Niu Shuping

Dec. 2, 2015 at 4:02 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Manitoba corn appears locked into a sideways trading range for the foreseeable future, according to one industry watcher. From where the president of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association sits, it’s not surprising, given commodities’ bearish nature these days. “It’s not super-rosy; the (weak Canadian) dollar helps a […]

By Dave Sims