Insights and Stories on International

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:34 pm CST

New York | Reuters — A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another “synthetic biology” milestone: They created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade chemical, potentially overcoming a major obstacle to wider use […]

U.S. grains: Corn drops from one-week high

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:18 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle bounce with beef prices

Jan. 21, 2015 at 3:13 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Syria air raid on cattle market kills at least 27, monitor says

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:50 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy falls as export interest shifts

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:40 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle resume downtrend, but off lows

Jan. 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Tuesday after skittish buyers and fund liquidation wiped out Friday’s modest gains that briefly halted an eight-day losing skid, traders said. February live cattle closed down 1.4 cents per pound, to 153.05 cents, and April ended 1.875 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

British lawmakers call for more protection for dairy farmers

Jan. 20, 2015 at 10:21 am CST

London | Reuters –– British dairy farmers should be better protected from falls in the price of milk, lawmakers said on Tuesday in a report warning of a crisis which could damage the country’s dairy industry in the long-term. A price war between supermarkets in Britain has led to milk […]

By Sarah Young

Australia weather bureau says models show low chance of El Nino

Jan. 20, 2015 at 10:08 am CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Weather models show a low chance of an El Nino, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said Tuesday, after indicators of the climate event eased in recent weeks. El Nino — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific — can prompt drought in Southeast Asia […]

By Reuters

Fertilizer firm Mosaic forecasts bigger-than-expected Q4 profit

Jan. 19, 2015 at 7:59 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. fertilizer company Mosaic Co. on Monday estimated it would post a larger fourth-quarter profit than expected and surpassed its targets for phosphate sales. Mosaic, the world’s largest producer of finished phosphate products and North America’s second-biggest potash producer, said it expects to earn 93 to 98 cents […]

By Reuters

France says Russia to lift ban on live pigs, some pork products

Jan. 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm CST

Paris | Reuters –– Russia’s veterinary services has agreed to lift a ban on French live pigs, offal and fat imposed a year ago after an outbreak of African swine fever in the east of the European Union, the French farm ministry said. Russia imposed the ban on EU pork […]

By Reuters