Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on weather worries

Apr. 30, 2018 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a nine-month peak Monday on worries about U.S. Midwest planting delays as more rain is expected across the region this week and dry weather stoked concerns over South American corn production. U.S. wheat futures also rallied as dry conditions stressed winter […]

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking upends CME live cattle

Apr. 30, 2018 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rally on Plains cash prices

Apr. 27, 2018 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soymeal leads soybean futures higher

Apr. 27, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

Apr. 27, 2018 at 11:18 am CDT

By philip-blenkinsop

BASF set to pick up Bayer’s Poncho, ILeVO treatments

Apr. 27, 2018 at 4:01 am CDT

Bayer’s seed treatments Poncho and ILeVO could soon have a new owner, as part of another deal with fellow German chemical firm BASF. BASF, which last October agreed to buy several Bayer CropScience assets including its global glufosinate-ammonium herbicide business and LibertyLink trait, announced another 1.7 billion-euro (C$2.65 billion) deal […]

By Staff

U.S.-China trade fears halt soybean imports

Apr. 26, 2018 at 6:19 pm CDT

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters — China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry. Buyers from China, which takes 60 […]

By Dominique Patton Naveen Thukral

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures back away from peaks

Apr. 26, 2018 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures eased on Thursday on a round of profit-taking following a rally to a nine-month high, with forecasts for improved planting weather in key growing areas also weighing on prices, traders said. “The central and southern Midwest and Delta should finally see an extended […]

By Mark Weinraub

Monsanto product to deactivate dicamba residue in sprayer tanks

Apr. 25, 2018 at 8:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is launching the first product that deactivates a controversial herbicide inside spraying equipment after it is used, the company said on Tuesday, its latest attempt to prevent unintended crop damage associated with dicamba. The new product aims to stop farmers from accidentally applying traces of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle advance as beef prices push higher

Apr. 25, 2018 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed on Wednesday as rising beef prices bolstered beef packer margins and fueled expectations for higher cash cattle prices this week, traders said. CME April live cattle closed 0.825 cent/lb. higher at 121.925 cents, June futures were up 0.525 cent […]

By Karl Plume