Insights and Stories on International

Australia clears Saputo’s Murray Goulburn takeover

Apr. 3, 2018 at 7:36 pm CDT

Reuters — Australia’s competition regulator on Wednesday approved a planned $1 billion takeover of the country’s largest dairy processor, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, by Canada’s Saputo. The deal, which Australia’s largest dairy processor says is key to its survival, was approved after Saputo agreed to sell a milk plant in Victoria […]

U.S. livestock: More CME hog losses on China pork tariff hike

Apr. 3, 2018 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA says crop conditions worst since 2002

Apr. 3, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Arkansas judge rules six farmers can spray dicamba

Apr. 3, 2018 at 2:19 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on plentiful stocks, trade tensions

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on China pork tariff hike

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Some deferred-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled down their three-cent-per-pound daily price limit on Monday after China raised tariffs on U.S. pork by another 25 per cent, said traders. Late on Sunday China announced higher duties on U.S. pork and over 100 other products […]

By Reuters

China slaps tariffs on U.S. frozen pork, wine

Apr. 1, 2018 at 11:17 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 per cent on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, China’s finance ministry said. The tariffs, to […]

By Reuters

U.S. March hog herd hits record high

Mar. 30, 2018 at 1:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of hogs on U.S. farms in the December-February quarter was up 3.1 per cent from the same period a year ago, a record high for the quarter, according to Thursday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. Farmers added extra pigs, encouraged by less-costly feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy soar on bullish USDA plantings forecast

Mar. 29, 2018 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped nearly four per cent on Thursday and soybeans surged more than two per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture stunned traders by projecting a year-on-year decline in soybean plantings and a larger-than-expected drop in corn acres. Chicago Board of Trade wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble as USDA report rallies corn

Mar. 29, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday as a rally in the corn market sent feeder cattle tumbling and as weak cash cattle prices and rising supplies weighed on sentiment, traders said. The actively traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange June contract dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily […]

By Karl Plume