Insights and Stories on International

Russia’s Uralkali plans potash output near maximum capacity

May. 22, 2014 at 6:45 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The world’s biggest potash producer, Russia’s Uralkali, plans to produce close to its maximum capacity this year but does not rule out idling production to support the crop nutrient’s price, CEO Dmitry Osipov said Thursday. Uralkali is aiming to produce 12 million tonnes of its […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump with cash prices, pork demand

May. 22, 2014 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

New rules to ease seed potato exports to U.S.

May. 22, 2014 at 4:33 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME hog futures

May. 22, 2014 at 1:47 am CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. won’t move on COOL before WTO does, Ritz says

May. 21, 2014 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Ardent Mills j.v. clears U.S. antitrust review

May. 21, 2014 at 12:07 am CDT

The Canadian mills that make Robin Hood flour and baking mixes for industrial and foodservice users will be part of a new joint venture by the end of May — now that the U.S. Department of Justice has wrapped up its review of the deal. The department’s antitrust division on […]

By Staff

PEDv likely to ease in U.S. by year-end, OIE chief predicts

May. 20, 2014 at 5:00 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — A deadly pig virus that has decimated herds in the U.S. and sent prices rocketing is likely to subside before the end of this year as the causes are being identified, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

May. 20, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking in anticipation of steady-to-lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle this week, traders said. Plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday will lessen their need for supplies, they said. Processors curbed slaughters […]

By Theopolis Waters

Red wine a winning investment in 20th century

May. 20, 2014 at 3:08 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Forget government bonds, fine art and even stamps: red wine outperformed them all over the 20th century. At least that’s what research by a team of academics from the University of Cambridge, HEC Paris and Vanderbilt University of Nashville shows. The Warren Buffetts of the fine […]

By Guy Faulconbridge

COOL comes under fire in U.S. appeals court

May. 20, 2014 at 2:40 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Obama administration’s argument for keeping its labeling requirements in place for meat vendors is too broad and would give regulators too much power over how goods are labeled, judges in a U.S. appeals court said on Monday. The D.C. Circuit Court heard argument from the […]

By Julia Edwards