Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soy dips as harvest expected to exceed forecasts

Aug. 13, 2014 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dipped Wednesday on expectations that autumn harvests will exceed government forecasts due to favourable weather, while new-crop corn bounced from a contract low set the previous session. Forecasts for rain in some of the drier areas of the U.S. Midwest raised expectations that […]

BPI reopens plant as ‘pink slime’ lawsuit proceeds

Aug. 13, 2014 at 2:15 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

China halts some U.S. pork imports over feed additive use

Aug. 13, 2014 at 1:11 am CDT

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall sharply with initial cash prices

Aug. 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

What’s left on the menu? Russian restaurateurs wrangle with food ban

Aug. 11, 2014 at 6:08 pm CDT

By Alissa de Carbonnel Olga Petrova

Russia’s sanctions no surprise for pork industry

Aug. 11, 2014 at 5:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Russian sanctions implemented last week halting food imports from the U.S., Canada and the European Union have jarred Canada’s pork industry, which exports a large amount of product to Russia annually. “It’s quite a significant impact in terms of the disruption it creates,” said Martin Rice, executive […]

By Marney Blunt

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle turn higher on short-covering

Aug. 11, 2014 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures on Monday closed higher on short-covering after last week’s heavy losses, traders said. August ended up 0.075 cent per pound at 152.625 cents, October 0.45 higher at 150.45 and December one cent higher at 151.25 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

European farmers feel Russian sanctions’ bite

Aug. 10, 2014 at 11:12 am CDT

London | Reuters — European dairy firms halted production of cheese and butter destined for Russia and Norwegian salmon prices fell, as a wide array of small fresh food producers felt the first impact from Moscow’s tit-for-tat ban on their goods. Russia stopped imports of most food from the West […]

Russia may negotiate price limits with domestic producers

Aug. 10, 2014 at 10:37 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may negotiate a price control agreement with domestic food producers to prevent speculative price hikes that would affect inflation after it banned half its agricultural imports from the West, the agriculture ministry said late Friday. Russia banned meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables imports from […]

Record-high pork values to cushion Russia’s sanctions

Aug. 8, 2014 at 6:35 pm CDT

Russia’s retaliatory sanctions on Canadian agrifood, while disappointing from where Manitoba’s pork producers sit, aren’t expected to hurt the sector in the near term. Following a declaration from President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday confirmed the government has “completely banned the importation” of beef, […]

By Dave Bedard