Insights and Stories on International

U.S. officials call foul over Canada’s ‘pizza kit’ clampdown

Jul. 16, 2014 at 12:58 pm CDT

Ottawa’s move to plug a regulatory hole that eased pizzerias’ access to U.S. mozza seems to have halted traffic in “pizza kits” — but U.S. officials see that move as potentially trade-unfriendly. Officials also estimate the move will effectively shut Canada’s ports to thousands of tons of U.S. pizza toppings valued […]

Cargill plant in Ukraine occupied by armed group

Jul. 12, 2014 at 1:30 am CDT

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher after wild ride

Jul. 11, 2014 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports

Jul. 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

Landmine fears hamper grain harvest in Ukraine’s east

Jul. 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm CDT

U.S. livestock: Cash price drop rattles CME live cattle

Jul. 10, 2014 at 3:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday fell for a fourth straight day, pressured by lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle, traders said. Cash cattle in the U.S. Plains sold at $155 to $156 per hundredweight (cwt), $2 to $3 lower than last week’s […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. senators urge probe of report that oil companies blocked ethanol

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Two U.S. farm-state senators on Wednesday urged federal regulators to investigate allegations raised by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses “strong-arm tactics” to prevent widespread use of higher blends of ethanol in gasoline. A report from the Renewable Fuels Association this week said […]

By ayesha-rascoe

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation sinks CME live cattle

Jul. 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday closed lower, pressured by fund liquidation that erased short-covering advances early in the session, traders said. More selling developed after the August and October contracts slipped below their respective 10-day moving averages of 152.31 and 155.03 cents, which […]

By Theopolis Waters

BLT costs harder to swallow with U.S. pig virus, drought

Jul. 9, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The cost to produce a BLT, America’s favorite summer sandwich, hit a record high of US$1.65 in May and will continue to take a bigger bite out of wallets in the coming months, given a pig virus that has ramped up bacon prices and drought-stricken salad […]

By Theopolis Waters

Roosters’ fertility problem hits U.S. chicken supply

Jul. 9, 2014 at 11:52 am CDT

Reuters — The world’s largest chicken breeder has discovered a key breed of rooster has a genetic issue reducing its fertility, adding to problems constraining U.S. poultry production and raising prices at a time when beef and pork prices are already at record highs. The breed, Aviagen Group’s standard Ross […]

By Tom Polansek