Insights and Stories on International

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

Mar. 29, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn […]

JBS still keen on U.S. IPO despite scandals

Mar. 29, 2018 at 1:17 pm CDT

By Ana Mano Paula Laier

USDA sees soy, corn acreage falling as supplies hit record

Mar. 29, 2018 at 1:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on bargain-buying

Mar. 28, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-month low

Mar. 28, 2018 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat down on better weather, positioning ahead of USDA

Mar. 27, 2018 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Tuesday as rains in the Southern Plains breadbasket boosted prospects for the region’s drought-hit winter wheat crop, analysts said. Soybean futures fell while corn closed flat in light volume ahead of key data due this week from the U.S. Department of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end mixed on positioning before USDA report

Mar. 27, 2018 at 5:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures settled mixed on Tuesday after investors adjusted positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) quarterly hog report on Thursday, said traders. Analysts polled by Reuters, on average, estimated the U.S. hog inventory as of March 1 at 72.902 million […]

By Reuters

Coffee may profit more than soy in Brazil’s new farming frontier

Mar. 27, 2018 at 3:45 am CDT

Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, Brazil | Reuters –– Farmers tending vast, flat soy and cotton fields that spread as far as the eye can see in northeastern Brazil are finding that coffee crops might provide higher profits in the country’s agricultural frontier. More coffee farms are being developed in the western […]

By roberto-samora

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week high as trade fears ease

Mar. 26, 2018 at 6:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures touched one-week highs on Monday as fears eased that a trade war with China will take a bite out of crop exports. The markets ultimately closed lower on technical selling and profit-taking, analysts said. However, traders were breathing easier after China’s […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch six-month low on big supply

Mar. 26, 2018 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle tumbled to a six-month low on Monday as a glut of animals at U.S. feedlots fueled concerns about plentiful beef supplies into the fall, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported after Friday’s market close that ranchers had placed 7.3 […]

By Karl Plume