Insights and Stories on International

China’s small dairy farmers dump milk as sector enters downturn

Jan. 9, 2015 at 11:52 am CST

Beijing | Reuters –– Small dairy farmers in China are dumping milk and selling cows as demand from processors slows in a sharp turnaround from last year, when a scramble for supplies prompted a huge surge in milk powder imports. Slower growth in milk product consumption, higher yields from modern […]

Analysts expect China to issue grain import quotas after state sales end

Jan. 9, 2015 at 10:42 am CST

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

Cargill profit surges as lower grain prices spur demand

Jan. 8, 2015 at 7:40 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Declining wheat futures watch corn for further direction

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:51 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Brazil exported 3.3 per cent more beef in 2014, industry says

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:39 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn slump as export demand weakens

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell 2.2 per cent to a six-week low on Thursday on poor export demand and easing concerns about crop damage despite sub-zero temperatures settling in across key U.S. growing regions, traders said. “Yes, it did get very cold overnight,” Joe Barker, market analyst […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near two-year low in active fund selloff

Jan. 8, 2015 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Thursday sank to their lowest level since March 2013 on liquidation by funds as part of their annual rebalancing of commodity positions, traders said. Funds trading in CME’s lean hogs and live cattle markets simultaneously sold February long positions and […]

By Theopolis Waters

Monsanto profit falls, less sharply than Street expected

Jan. 7, 2015 at 3:25 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto on Wednesday reported a 34 per cent drop in quarterly profit, in part because of lower planted corn acreage in South America and a shift in timing of some sales, but the decline was less steep than analysts expected. Shares of the world’s largest seed company, which […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Corn drops as ethanol stocks build

Jan. 7, 2015 at 3:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 2.2 per cent on Wednesday, dropping below the key US$4 a bushel level on pressure from an industry report that showed demand from the ethanol sector was waning. Wheat futures also declined on concerns about a strong dollar hitting export demand for […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally in anticipation of cash price rebound

Jan. 7, 2015 at 2:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs turned higher Wednesday after initial selling, benefiting from sentiment that cash prices are about to bottom out soon, traders said. February closed 0.75 cent per pound higher at 79.325 cents, and April finished up 0.525 cents at 81.875 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters