Insights and Stories on International

ADM in talks to buy Bunge as early as this week

Feb. 5, 2018 at 1:29 pm CST

Reuters — Top U.S. grains merchant Archer Daniels Midland could reach an agreement to buy smaller rival Bunge as early as this week, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal comes as large grain traders that make money by buying, selling, storing and […]

U.S. livestock: Funds, weather extend CME live cattle gains

Feb. 2, 2018 at 7:01 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Moving freight to get more expensive for food companies

Feb. 2, 2018 at 5:26 pm CST

By Sangameswaran S

U.S. grains: Soybeans dip on Argentina rain outlook, technical selling

Feb. 2, 2018 at 4:21 pm CST

By Karl Plume

DowDuPont upbeat on growth as sales rise

Feb. 1, 2018 at 6:59 pm CST

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on fund buying

Feb. 1, 2018 at 5:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Thursday touched a three-month top, spurred by short-covering and fund buying, said traders. April closed up its three-cent-per-pound daily price limit (all figures US$). Investors bought that contract and simultaneously sold February. The limit will expand to 4.5 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on weak exports, bumper Brazil harvest

Feb. 1, 2018 at 5:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped for a second straight day on Thursday on technical selling and profit taking following government data showing lower-than-anticipated U.S. export sales last week. Forecasts for rain and cooler temperatures in Argentina by mid-February and an accelerating soy harvest in Brazil further weighed […]

By Karl Plume

At least two killed in potato farmer protests in Peru

Feb. 1, 2018 at 4:30 pm CST

Lima | Reuters — At least two people have been killed in clashes at protests by potato farmers across the Peruvian Andes, police said on Thursday, as demonstrators demanded the government make good on promises to buy excess potatoes after a sharp price drop. Thousands of farmers took part in […]

By Reuters

Southern Plains drought slows U.S. cattle herd growth

Jan. 31, 2018 at 7:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Encroaching drought in the U.S. southern Plains contributed to the smallest rise in the nation’s cattle population in three years, analysts said after the government’s semi-annual cattle inventory report on Wednesday. Insufficient moisture in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, along with areas of persistent dryness in […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Futures get weather boost

Jan. 31, 2018 at 5:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — The troublesome weather that gave Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn, soybean and wheat contracts a boost over the past week should remain supportive, despite nearby technical setbacks, according to a trader. “I’m still slightly bullish on beans, corn and wheat given the unfavourable weather situation in […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm