Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wetter forecasts pressure K.C. wheat

Mar. 21, 2018 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hard red winter wheat futures fell to near two-month lows on Wednesday on forecasts of another round of beneficial showers next week in the southern Plains that could boost crop prospects, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat rallied late in the […]

U.S. livestock: Cash prices extend CME live cattle losses

Mar. 21, 2018 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Dreyfus posts profit rise in challenging market

Mar. 21, 2018 at 11:01 am CDT

By Reuters

Bayer wins EU approval for Monsanto buy

Mar. 21, 2018 at 10:21 am CDT

By Foo Yun Chee

U.S. grains: Wheat prices bounce after steep losses

Mar. 20, 2018 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend slide

Mar. 20, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Tuesday, extending their slide to four straight sessions on declining cash prices and expectations of rising cattle supplies in the next few months. Cash cattle traded lightly in Texas and Kansas, down $1 from last week’s trade, brokers […]

By Reuters

Brazil cracking down on unmonitored agriculture planes

Mar. 20, 2018 at 6:46 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian federal prosecutors have demanded civil aviation authorities change regulations to increase oversight of agriculture airplanes such as crop dusters, which they claim can be used to smuggle drugs and agro-chemicals. Prosecutors are calling for the mandatory introduction of a transponder equipment to monitor such […]

By Ricardo Brito

McDonald’s sets greenhouse gas reduction targets

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:25 pm CDT

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Tuesday announced what it describes as an approved, science-based target to cut greenhouse gas emissions and battle climate change, saying it is the first restaurant company to do so. Under a plan several years in the making, the fast-food company — along with its franchisees […]

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. rail regulator tackles railroads over customer complaints

Mar. 19, 2018 at 9:32 pm CDT

Reuters — The top U.S. rail regulator has asked major railroads for information on service levels before meeting disgruntled shippers and other customers over complaints about service delays and higher costs. In letters to the CEOs of the railroads, dated Friday and posted Monday on the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s […]

By Nick Carey

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as rains cross drought-hit Plains

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to six-week lows on Monday as much-needed rain and snow fell in dry areas of the southern Plains, pushing most-active K.C. hard red winter wheat futures down more than five per cent, traders said. Corn and soybean futures sagged on fund-driven long […]

By Julie Ingwersen