Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end up

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Monday as the market recovered from its lowest level since early August, while corn and wheat futures also rose. After trading ended, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that soy and corn harvests advanced more slowly last week than analysts […]

CME December live cattle, Sept. 25, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip, but stay near recent highs

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CME December live cattle, Sept. 22, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on bargain-buying, tight supplies

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Funds flip back to net short in canola

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans end up in bounce from one-month low

Sep. 22, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. livestock: December hogs limit-down on pork prices, macroeconomic fears

Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange tumbled on Thursday as a drop in wholesale pork prices coupled with worries about the global economy sparked a round of profit-taking, analysts said. Livestock futures, grains and Wall Street equity markets all declined on Thursday as the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Russia’s leverage on grain to decline, senior U.S. official says

Sep. 21, 2023 at 5:06 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Russia’s leverage over Ukraine’s export of grain via the Black Sea will likely erode in weeks to come as more ships are able to leave Ukrainian ports and rising costs could prompt Moscow to reconsider its abandonment of the grain deal, a senior U.S. State […]

By Daphne Psaledakis Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-month low on export woes

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. benchmark soybean futures fell below US$13 a bushel on Thursday for the first time in a month while corn and wheat futures held near multi-year lows on downbeat weekly export sales, an expanding U.S. harvest and economic worries, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade November […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Port grain facilities at Constanta, Romania.

Romania, Ukraine to work on grain import-export licensing system

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:17 pm CDT

Bucharest | Reuters — Romania will work with Ukraine over the next 30 days on a grain export control plan that will help protect Romanian farmers, Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu said on Wednesday. Romania is among five eastern European Union countries along with Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia that saw […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Funds getting out of soybeans

Sep. 20, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) stayed fairly steady during the week ended Wednesday, soybean prices steadily declined. The November soybean contract dropped 30 cents per bushel from one week ago to close Wednesday at $13.1975/bu. (all figures US$). During the same […]

By Adam Peleshaty