Insights and Stories on International

U.S. judge ends case over standoff in Nevada land dispute

Jan. 8, 2018 at 5:22 pm CST

Las Vegas | Reuters — A federal judge on Monday threw out a criminal case against a Nevada rancher and three other men over a 2014 militia standoff with federal agents, saying prosecutors had repeatedly withheld evidence from the defense. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the case “with prejudice,” […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat ease ahead of USDA reports

Jan. 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop daily limit on lower cash market sales

Jan. 5, 2018 at 7:48 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy firms but gains capped by poor export data; wheat weak

Jan. 5, 2018 at 4:10 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

CME Group expands private trades in grain markets, raising worries

Jan. 5, 2018 at 4:05 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Brazil’s 2017/18 soybean crop seen second-biggest in history

Jan. 5, 2018 at 3:48 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Benefited by good weather, Brazil’s 2017/18 soybean crop, which farmers are now beginning to harvest, is expected to surpass 110 million tonnes, the second-largest in history, according to the average of 11 forecasts in a Reuters poll on Friday. Farmers here are likely to collect […]

By José Roberto Gomes

Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination

Jan. 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm CST

Brazil | Reuters – Brazil expects the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to declare the country free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccinations at a meeting in May, according to a government statement on Friday. The declaration will bolster the country’s prospects to export meat to new markets, the statement […]

By Jake Spring

U.S. livestock: CME cattle dip on mild Plains outlook, East Coast snow

Jan. 4, 2018 at 5:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures turned lower on Thursday in a technical selling and profit-taking setback and on concerns of a slowdown in beef demand in the storm-hit eastern United States, traders said. A winter storm continued its march up the U.S. East Coast on […]

By Karl Plume

Monsanto profit misses estimates as farmers face squeeze

Jan. 4, 2018 at 4:07 pm CST

Reuters – Monsanto Co reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday and said low crop prices hurting farmers’ incomes would limit the company’s ability to profit from sales of its genetically engineered seeds and agricultural chemicals. The outlook makes the world’s biggest seed company the latest agribusiness to detail ongoing pressures […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall as weather rally fizzles

Jan. 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Thursday, with traders locking in profits from three straight days of gains after forecasts boosted the prospects for rain in Argentina. Wheat futures also dropped on profit-taking, but ongoing concerns about crop damage in key growing areas of the United States […]

By Mark Weinraub