Insights and Stories on International

Jun. 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hogs settled sharply lower on Monday pressured by technical-selling and profit-taking, traders said. Front-month July traded through both the 10-day and 20-day moving average. July also traded at a premium to the CME cash index of 114.75 cents per hundredweight (cwt), which […]

By Meredith Davis

Jun. 16, 2014 at 4:03 am CDT

Raleigh, N.C. — Whatever major boosts may soon come in world soybean production are seen coming from countries with the acres to spare, not necessarily from breeders building better beans. That’s how one major player in Brazil’s soybean sector sees the near future, as growers meeting here Thursday discussed the […]

By Leeann Minogue

Jun. 16, 2014 at 3:20 am CDT

For groups hoping to maintain access to South Korea’s markets for meat and crops, the Canadian government’s move to get its free trade pact with Korea before the House of Commons couldn’t come soon enough. International Trade Minister Ed Fast on Thursday tabled the text of the Canada-Korea Free Trade […]

By Staff

Jun. 13, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

Luxembourg | Reuters — EU energy ministers agreed on Friday to limit production of biofuels made from food crops, responding to criticism they stoke inflation and do more environmental harm than good. The ministers’ endorsement of a compromise deal overcomes a stalemate hit late last year, when European Union governments […]

By barbara-lewis

Jun. 13, 2014 at 5:38 pm CDT

Reuters — A Missouri slaughterhouse recalled 1,800 kg of fresh beef over concerns that nervous tissue that could contain the BSE pathogen may not have been properly removed from the meat before shipment, a federal food safety agency said. The recalled bone-in ribeye roasts and quartered carcasses from Jackson, Missouri-based […]