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Rutgers University scientists have engineered corn that produces methionine, an essential amino acid, by inserting a bacterial gene into the corn genome. Synthetic methionine is normally added to livestock feed, so the researchers say the corn could cut feed costs.
The work is at an early research stage.
If commercialized, methionine-producing corn could eventually reduce demand for synthetic DL-methionine in feed, a long-term bearish signal for methionine and a modest negative for corn's feed-use value. The impact is distant and speculative for near-term prices.
farmprogress.comDec 15, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 770 past neutral report events, Corn moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
