Insights and Stories of Christine Stebbins

Nov. 27, 2013 at 4:40 pm CST

Frigid weather headed to the U.S. Plains states next week will push the young wheat crop into dormancy and cause damage if snow fails to blanket the crop before the Arctic blast hits the region, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. The potential risks of winterkill damage, though, eased from […]

By Christine Stebbins

Oct. 31, 2013 at 8:07 am CDT

Two years ago on Halloween thousands of U.S. grain farmers got the scare of their lives when broker MF Global collapsed and more than a billion dollars of their money went missing. MF Global customers have now, through a court-appointed trustee, recovered about 98 per cent of the money, which […]

By Christine Stebbins

Sep. 12, 2013 at 1:35 am CDT

Agribusiness Cargill Inc. on Wednesday said its CEO will step down on Dec. 1 in the latest management shuffle among the world’s top agricultural trading houses. Gregory Page, 62, will be replaced by David MacLennan, Cargill’s president and chief operating officer, as part of the company’s ongoing succession plans, the […]

By Christine Stebbins, Tom Polansek

Aug. 7, 2013 at 6:23 pm CDT

U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill on Wednesday reported a sixfold rise in fourth-quarter net earnings and nearly doubled full-year earnings, citing strength in its core grain-based and financial services. Minneapolis-based Cargill, one of the world’s largest privately held corporations and a top commodities trader, reported $483 million in earnings for the […]

By Christine Stebbins

Jul. 25, 2013 at 5:10 pm CDT

Abnormally dry areas expanded in the U.S. western Corn Belt, including the top crop state of Iowa, over the past week to put much of the corn crop at risk, according to a weekly drought report. The U.S. Drought Monitor, issued by state and federal climate experts, said dry conditions […]

By Christine Stebbins