Insights and Stories on International

ICE weekly outlook: Drifting market in need of outside support

Dec. 13, 2023 at 2:13 pm CST

The ICE Futures canola market remained under pressure heading into the New Year, lacking any significant supportive news of its own that could spark a move higher.

U.S. grains: Soy futures end down as traders eye Brazil weather

Dec. 12, 2023 at 4:04 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Good prices for green, yellow peas

Dec. 12, 2023 at 2:45 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm MarketsFarm

Australia says China has lifted some restrictions on meat imports

Dec. 12, 2023 at 9:52 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rise with boxed beef prices, bounce from recent decline

Dec. 11, 2023 at 4:49 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans finish higher on Brazil weather concerns, global demand

Dec. 11, 2023 at 4:05 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday as concerns re-emerged that drought conditions in Brazil are having a detrimental effect on crops in the top-producing nation and after the U.S. government announced another export sale.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Funds back adding to shorts in canola after month of covering

Dec. 11, 2023 at 10:44 am CST

After a month of covering short positions, fund traders were back adding to their bearish bets to start December, with the net short position in the oilseed growing by roughly 13,000 contracts, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By MarketsFarm Phil Franz-Warkentin

CN closes deal on Iowa railway

Dec. 11, 2023 at 9:59 am CST

Canadian National Railway (CN) has inked a deal to buy an Iowa railway and connect it to its U.S. rail network, the company announced Dec. 6.

By Geralyn Wichers

Panama Canal drought to delay grain ships well into 2024

Dec. 11, 2023 at 9:18 am CST

Bulk grain shippers hauling crops from the U.S. Gulf Coast export hub to Asia are sailing longer routes and paying higher freight costs to avoid vessel congestion and record-high transit fees in the drought-hit Panama Canal, traders and analysts said.

By Karl Plume Reuters

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U.S. grains: CBOT grain, soybean futures tumble after monthly USDA data

Dec. 8, 2023 at 3:27 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday after the Department of Agriculture's updated estimate of Brazil's soybean harvest fell toward the high end of trade expectations, easing concerns about global supplies of the oilseed.

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters