Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn hit multimonth highs

May. 3, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to multimonth highs Thursday on a mix of short-covering and worries about the size of the hard red winter wheat crop in top producer Kansas, traders said. Soybeans rose, staging a late-session rally that some traders attributed to optimism about the outcome […]

U.S. livestock: Higher cash prices rally CME live cattle

May. 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Limited upside seen for U.S. soybeans

May. 2, 2018 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on bleak export view

May. 2, 2018 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag despite fundamentals

May. 2, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Reuters

Germany plans to toughen conditions for insecticide use

May. 2, 2018 at 2:14 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Germany plans to make it more difficult for farmers to use crop insecticides in a bid to preserve biodiversity, an environment ministry document showed. “Insect biomass has fallen by more than 75 per cent in the last 27 years in Germany,” according to the paper seen […]

By Reuters

U.S. ethanol makers snap up cheap sorghum after China tariffs

May. 2, 2018 at 4:17 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. ethanol makers have joined global livestock producers to snap up discounted American sorghum supplies after buyers in China backed out of deals due to stiff anti-dumping tariffs on the grain imposed by Beijing in a mounting trade dispute. Sorghum is used to feed animals and […]

By Michael Hirtzer Tom Polansek

U.S. trade chief says NAFTA approval on ‘thin ice’ without deal soon

May. 1, 2018 at 8:28 pm CDT

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters –– U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday that if a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement cannot be reached with Canada and Mexico in about three weeks, its approval by the U.S. Congress could be in jeopardy. Lighthizer said at a […]

By Dave Graham David Lawder

U.S. livestock: Supply growth worries extend CME live cattle losses

May. 1, 2018 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower for a second consecutive day on Tuesday amid concerns about increased supplies ahead, said traders. “Everybody keeps talking about this wall of cattle coming. But, feedyards moved a lot of cattle ahead of schedule to avoid lower prices later, […]

By Reuters

POET unseats ADM as top global fuel ethanol maker

May. 1, 2018 at 2:54 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Privately held, U.S.-based POET has overtaken industry pioneer and global grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland to become the top ethanol producer in the world, the companies told Reuters. ADM had been the biggest ethanol maker since the U.S. began requiring refiners to mix billions of gallons […]

By Michael Hirtzer