Corn

Great Corn Clash Is Coming As U.S., Brazil Farmers Face Off

The world’s biggest corn exporters are preparing for a showdown. Brazilian farmers are in the midst of collecting their biggest corn harvest ever...

Mexico Is No Longer No. 1 U.S. Corn-Buyer After Trade Tensions

Mexico is no longer the biggest buyer of corn from the U.S., a sign that trade tensions are pushing American grain toward other markets while its southern...

Africa Corn Silos Overflow In South As Food Crisis Hits East

Africa’s corn harvest this year is a tale of two extremes as worries about overflowing silos and rotting crops in the south contrast with the east wh...

South Africa Seen Raising Forecast For Biggest Corn Crop Since 1981

South Africa, the continent’s biggest corn grower, will probably increase its forecast for a bumper crop of the staple grain for a third time this ye...

China Aims To Cut Corn Glut, Vows Self-Sufficiency In Rice

China, the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of corn, will continue to reduce corn stockpiles and acreage this year as part of agriculture...

Hedge Funds Grow More Bullish On Corn As Surplus Eases

The glut of corn that’s been plaguing Midwest growers in the United States is finally starting to ease, and hedge funds are betting that will help sp...

Alien Armyworm Invasion Spreads to Congo, Ravages Corn Crop

An outbreak of the crop-destroying fall armyworm has spread to the Democratic Republic of Congo, laying waste to 63,000 hectares of corn in the southeast o...

Zimbabwe Millers Want 40% Import Tariff on Corn, Corn Meal

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe, which represents the country’s major milling companies, said it wants the government to impose a 40% tarif...