Insights and Stories on International

Aug. 7, 2014 at 8:40 am CDT

Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of foods from Canada and other Western nations on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. In eastern Ukraine, a […]

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Natalia Zinets

Aug. 6, 2014 at 6:48 pm CDT

Wellington/Shanghai | Reuters –– Hopes of a “white gold” rush fuelled by booming Asian demand for milk and other dairy products have been dealt a blow, as swollen stockpiles in top consumer China and a flood of supply pummel dairy prices. Global dairy prices have fallen more than 40 per […]

By fayen-wong, Gyles Beckford

Aug. 6, 2014 at 4:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed higher on the week ending Wednesday, closing at US$3.6325 a bushel for September contracts. “You could probably go back about a month now and look at wheat charts and the corn charts and we’ve been doing a good […]

By Marney Blunt

Aug. 6, 2014 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed firm, supported by their discounts to last week’s prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. CME hogs also posted gains, helped by short-covering after brushing aside lower cash and wholesale prices, they said. The live cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters

Aug. 6, 2014 at 2:36 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia will impose “quite substantial” bans on imports of foods from the U.S. and EU and has already decided to suspend U.S. poultry imports as part of President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare a list of food import bans, its veterinary service said. Putin signed a […]