Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn declines on profit-taking after six-week high

Oct. 15, 2014 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures fell on Wednesday as traders booked profits following a two-day surge, driven by U.S. harvest delays, that lifted the market to a six-week high, brokers said. Soybeans declined along with corn on profit-taking and improving weather for fieldwork. Wheat followed […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, corn hits one-month high on harvest delays

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

Oct. 14, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle plunge limit-down

Oct. 14, 2014 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Salford buys U.S. spreader manufacturer

Oct. 12, 2014 at 1:43 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly lower as stocks slide

Oct. 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts slumped on Friday, pressured by triple-digit Wall Street losses and a firmer U.S. dollar, traders said. U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the tech sector weighing the most after a chip maker warned of a major pullback in the […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. sees 2015 pork output topping beef for first time in 62 years

Oct. 10, 2014 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government on Friday raised its pork production forecast for the calendar year ending September 2015 that shows pork surpassing beef for the first time since 1952, as hog farmers rapidly recover from a deadly pig virus. In the monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall on big harvest, hedge pressure

Oct. 10, 2014 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures dropped on Friday, with big crops in focus following a U.S. Agriculture Department report that boosted already-record forecasts for U.S. production. Wheat futures closed higher after the USDA cut its outlook for domestic supplies in the closely watched […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ukraine to lose 111K acres to fighting in east

Oct. 10, 2014 at 1:49 pm CDT

Kiev | Reuters — Ukraine will lose around 45,000 hectares (about 111,200 acres) of its grains harvest due to fighting in eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk controlled by pro-Russian separatists, the agriculture ministry said Friday. Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and rebels has also damaged another 3,300 hectares (8,100 […]

USDA raises record U.S. corn, soybean crops again

Oct. 10, 2014 at 12:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean production in 2014 will be even higher than the record forecast a month ago, but somewhat below market expectations, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Friday. USDA made surprise cuts to U.S. and global wheat ending stocks for 2014-15, pushing wheat […]

By Ros Krasny