Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wheat hits seven-month high on crop ratings

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices rose to roughly seven-month highs on Tuesday as low crop ratings and limited chances of rain in drought-hit parts of the Plains growing region kept attention on the risk of yield losses. The gains were fueled by U.S. Department of Agriculture data released […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on technical buying

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:02 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. judge halts California plan for warnings on glyphosate

Feb. 27, 2018 at 2:44 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

Feb. 27, 2018 at 2:39 pm CST

By Jarrett Renshaw

Dow, DuPont pick new married name for agribusiness

Feb. 26, 2018 at 8:29 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. livestock: Live cattle down on bearish placements data

Feb. 26, 2018 at 6:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, with the benchmark April contract touching a two-week low following Friday’s bearish Cattle on Feed report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, traders said. The government on Friday reported that 2.068 million head of cattle were placed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Amid fresh Trump tension, negotiators seek NAFTA progress

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:48 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters — U.S., Mexican and Canadian negotiators met on Monday seeking to narrow disagreements on how to overhaul the NAFTA trade deal despite renewed signs of tension between Mexico and U.S. President Donald Trump over his planned border wall. The trade teams began a seventh round of […]

By Anthony Esposito Sharay Angulo

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat on profit-taking

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures eased on Monday for the first time in five sessions as profit-taking undercut earlier support stemming from weather forecasts suggesting little rain in drought-hit Argentina, the world’s third-largest exporter. Corn ended higher on concerns about a shrinking crop in Argentina, the world’s No. […]

By Karl Plume

Norway to upgrade ‘doomsday’ seed vault

Feb. 23, 2018 at 7:22 pm CST

Oslo | Reuters — Norway plans to spend 100 million Norwegian crowns (C$16.1 million) to upgrade a doomsday seed vault on an Arctic island built 10 years ago to protect the world’s food supplies, the government said on Friday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is meant as a natural deep […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on technical selling

Feb. 23, 2018 at 7:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined for the fourth straight session on Friday, easing on technical selling and bets that cattle prices have likely reached a short-term peak, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hog futures were slightly higher, with feeders rebounding from […]

By Michael Hirtzer