Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans up 1.1 per cent on supply woes; wheat, corn weak

Apr. 16, 2014 at 4:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied for the third day in a row on Wednesday to reach a nine-month high, drawing strength from data released earlier in the week that showed appetite for the oilseed remained strong at domestic crushers, traders said. The strength in soy failed to […]

Argentine port workers to strike over wages

Apr. 16, 2014 at 3:04 pm CDT

U.S. livestock: Pork price rebound rallies CME hogs

Apr. 16, 2014 at 3:01 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

ADM set to take full control of Toepfer

Apr. 15, 2014 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Staff

PEDv seen pushing U.S. 2014 pork production down two per cent

Apr. 15, 2014 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

U.S. livestock: Cash price uncertainty weakens CME live cattle

Apr. 15, 2014 at 3:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle turned lower, pressured by profit-taking and uncertainty regarding this week’s slaughter-ready or cash prices, traders said. Bullish participants see packers paying steady to higher money for cattle to be delivered during the first full slaughter week after the Easter holiday. They […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat rally; corn close to unchanged

Apr. 15, 2014 at 3:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.7 per cent on Tuesday on signs that domestic processors kept their plants running at high levels even as supplies dwindled, traders said. Wheat futures gained 3.4 per cent, surging through the US$7-a-bushel level, on fears that escalating political tensions in Ukraine […]

By Mark Weinraub

USDA seen considering mandatory reports of PEDv outbreaks

Apr. 14, 2014 at 6:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is considering rules that would require outbreaks of a deadly pig virus to be reported to the government in an effort to improve tracking of the disease, which has already spread to 30 states, an industry group said Monday. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus […]

By Meredith Davis Tom Polansek

Weather, Ukraine boost U.S. wheat futures

Apr. 14, 2014 at 5:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures rose sharply on Monday and could continue to increase due to cold weather in the southern Plains and the political unrest in Ukraine. “We had this (cold) in the weather forecast,” said Austin Damiani, a U.S. wheat analyst from Frontier Futures in Minneapolis. “The […]

By Marney Blunt

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on U.S. Plains frost, Ukraine tension

Apr. 14, 2014 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged nearly three per cent on Monday as traders responded to fresh tensions in the Black Sea region, coupled with the threat of freeze damage to crops in the U.S. Plains. Corn and soybeans followed wheat higher, with corn buoyed by strong weekly […]

By Julie Ingwersen