Insights and Stories on International

AAFC adjusts grain/oilseed balance sheets slightly

Feb. 19, 2025 at 3:36 pm CST

Updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Feb. 19, included only minor revisions to the supply and demand projections for the country’s major crop.

Pulse Weekly: Trade watching India import duty news closely

Feb. 19, 2025 at 3:33 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Brazil 2024/25 soy forecast cut due to drought during crop tour

Feb. 19, 2025 at 11:12 am CST

By Ana Mano Reuters

Turkey to export 15,000 tonnes of eggs to US amid bird flu disruptions

Feb. 19, 2025 at 9:41 am CST

By Ceyda Caglayan Reuters

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit 16-month high above $5 a bushel

Feb. 18, 2025 at 4:58 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

USDA will not ban cattle imports from Mexico over latest screwworm case, agency says

Feb. 18, 2025 at 4:52 pm CST

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest called New World screwworm in a cow south of the border, the agency said on Tuesday.

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise on renewed New World screwworm concerns

Feb. 18, 2025 at 4:45 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle ended the day stronger as another case of New World screwworm was found in Mexico.

By Geralyn Wichers

Crop duster plane flying over canola or mustard fields.

Funds move to large net long position in canola

Feb. 18, 2025 at 11:22 am CST

Speculative fund traders moved to a net long position in canola for the first time in one-and-a-half years, as they covered short positions and put on fresh bullish bets in early February, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

EU plans to restrict imported crops treated with banned pesticides, draft shows

Feb. 18, 2025 at 10:40 am CST

The European Union is planning tougher restrictions on imported crops treated with pesticides banned in Europe, a draft European Commission document showed, a move that would impact suppliers including the U.S.

By Kate Abnett philip-blenkinsop Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits four-month high as cold threatens Russia, US crops

Feb. 14, 2025 at 4:46 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures Wv1 soared on Friday to their highest price since October, and analysts said support from blistering cold weather in the Black Sea and U.S. Plains regions prompted short covering.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters