Insights and Stories on International

PEDv-related supply woes drive U.S. hogs up 6.5 per cent

Mar. 8, 2014 at 9:35 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — Hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged 6.5 per cent this week on tightening U.S. supplies as a deadly pig virus sweeps the country, traders and industry sources said on Friday. CME lean hog futures finished the week at 113.75 cents per pound, down from […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans to six-month high ahead of USDA report

Mar. 7, 2014 at 6:25 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada, S. Korea reported close on free trade deal

Mar. 7, 2014 at 4:07 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

U.S. grains: Corn at six-month high on strong exports

Mar. 6, 2014 at 5:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

UN warns of possible humanitarian disaster in South Sudan

Mar. 5, 2014 at 5:01 pm CST

By Louis Charbonneau

U.S. grains: Corn falls as rally triggers farmer selling

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures closed lower on Wednesday after a choppy session as the market’s rally to the highest levels in nearly six months triggered profit-taking and farmer selling, traders said. Wheat slipped from a near three-month high, but worries about political turmoil in Ukraine, a major […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT soybean, corn futures looking ‘top-heavy’

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:27 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher for the fourth straight week during the Feb. 26 to March 5 period. Steady demand, ongoing concerns about tight U.S. supplies and weather problems in South America helped to support the market. Prices looked like they had […]

By Terryn Shiells

Traders seen wary of new Ukraine grain deals

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:12 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — Foreign trading houses have shunned new grain export contracts due to continued tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine’s agriculture minister Ihor Shvaika said on Wednesday. “They are still waiting and there are no new contracts,” Shvaika told Reuters. In the wider dispute Wednesday, Russia rebuffed Western […]

Cuban sugar harvest falters; foreign investment sought

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:49 pm CST

Havana | Reuters — For the third consecutive year Cuba’s reorganized sugar industry is failing to perform up to expectations, increasing pressure on the government to open up the once-proud sector to foreign investment. Already one mill, the first since the industry was nationalized soon after the 1959 revolution, is […]

By Marc Frank

Australia says drought to cut 2014-15 ag output

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:39 pm CST

Canberra | Reuters — Drought conditions across Australia’s east coast will cut production of key agricultural commodities such as wheat and beef next season and reduce exports, the government’s chief commodities forecaster said on Tuesday. The current season could see Australia, the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, produce a bumper wheat […]

By Colin Packham