Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Profit-taking drags wheat from multimonth peaks

Jan. 31, 2018 at 3:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. winter wheat futures turned lower on Wednesday in a profit-taking setback from multi-month highs after five straight sessions of gains fuelled by concerns over poor crop conditions in the U.S. Soybeans were also lower as traders banked profits from a recent grain market rally and […]

Zimbabwe to give white farmers 99-year leases

Jan. 31, 2018 at 2:30 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle post losses, but off session lows

Jan. 30, 2018 at 8:28 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Winter wheat jumps as crop conditions drop

Jan. 30, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

By Karl Plume

EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further

Jan. 29, 2018 at 7:40 pm CST

By Foo Yun Chee Ludwig Burger

U.S. livestock: Strong cash trade lifts CME live cattle

Jan. 29, 2018 at 5:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday, riding a tailwind from Friday’s higher-than-expected prices for market-ready, or cash, cattle, traders said. February live cattle finished 1.1 cents/lb. higher at 125.7 cents and most-active April settled up 0.375 cents at 125 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on South American weather worries

Jan. 29, 2018 at 4:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures climbed on Monday on short-covering and concerns that the weather in South America could hamper production of the crops in Brazil and Argentina. Wheat rallied around two per cent as commodity funds exited short positions and on increasing worries that dry […]

By Karl Plume

Drought lands more cattle into U.S. feedlots than expected

Jan. 26, 2018 at 8:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers sent nearly one per cent more cattle to U.S. feedlots in December than the same time a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. The result topped most analysts’ predictions, mainly led by worsening drought in the U.S. southern Plains that shriveled […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Hard red winter wheat jumps as traders watch weather

Jan. 26, 2018 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures sagged on Friday, pulling back from a rally above $10 a bushel a day earlier, while hard red winter wheat futures climbed to their highest price in more than three months. Traders in both markets were eyeing unfavourably dry weather in important growing […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound after sharp drop

Jan. 26, 2018 at 4:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Friday, with strength in the cash market underpinning a technical rebound from Thursday’s sharp decline, traders said. “We had a break that was a surprisingly quick break from the top,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities. “Today […]

By Reuters