Insights and Stories on International

Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon ‘climate emergency’

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:48 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s government told ranchers and farmers on Friday to stop setting fire to the Amazon rainforest as clouds of dense gray smoke make the air increasingly unbreathable in the northern city of Manaus, threatening sanctions if they do burn areas of land. “Fire is not […]

Russia destroyed 300,000 tonnes of grain since July in attacks, Kyiv says

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle retreat as energy rally dents beef demand outlook

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slip on profit taking, macro pressure

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans surge after USDA projects smaller soy, corn crops

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise on technical buying

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Thursday as technical buyers stepped into the market after prices weakened earlier in the session. Traders said the massive supplies reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department have been priced in and speculators were likely to buy any dip in […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bullishly to USDA report

Oct. 12, 2023 at 4:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Most of the October world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) released Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) came out lower than trade expectations, causing price jumps on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “Many people were not expecting a major (average) yield change,” Ryan Ettner, trader for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Australia buys vaccines for lumpy skin disease to safeguard cattle exports

Oct. 12, 2023 at 2:16 pm CDT

Canberra | Reuters — The Australian government said on Wednesday it had bought a supply of vaccines for lumpy skin disease (LSD), a highly infectious condition affecting cattle, as part of efforts to control the disease and maintain live animal exports. The government says Australia is free of LSD but […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle turn higher

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures turned solidly higher Wednesday while lean hogs mostly continued lower. Most-active December live cattle closed 1.975 cents higher Wednesday at 186.975 cents/lb., erasing two days’ losses, but not before touching a one-month low of 184.25 (all figures US$). Both front-month October 2023 and February […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Chicago soy touches 22-month low ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures fell on Wednesday, and corn futures firmed as the markets turned their attention to widely-followed U.S. government crop forecasts. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropped 19 cents, about 1.5 per cent, to settle at […]

By Zachary Goelman