Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

Dec. 7, 2017 at 3:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid to contract lows on Thursday, their fourth straight day of declines, on continued pressure from a Canadian report that showed harvest in that country was bigger than expected. The decline in wheat weighed on corn prices. Soybeans also fell, […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean markets excite while corn settles

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:39 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:31 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Lower cash, pork prices pull down CME hogs

Dec. 6, 2017 at 6:20 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Nestle to buy Canadian nutrition firm Atrium

Dec. 5, 2017 at 7:13 pm CST

By Martinne Geller

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb above $10 on Argentina weather woes

Dec. 5, 2017 at 5:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed one per cent on Tuesday, scrambling back above US$10 a bushel, amid ongoing worries about poor weather threatening yield prospects in Argentina. Corn futures ended fractionally higher while wheat futures sagged on sluggish export demand for U.S. supplies. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle down on fund selloff

Dec. 5, 2017 at 4:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Tuesday were led lower by fund liquidation after contracts slipped beneath chart support levels, said traders. CME live cattle market selling, and as much as $5/cwt lower cash feeder cattle prices, pressured the market, they said (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, meal rise on Argentina weather

Dec. 4, 2017 at 6:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose to a three-week high on Monday and soymeal jumped more than two per cent on buying backed by concerns that dry weather in Argentina will hurt crop yields. Corn futures fell more than one per cent, reversing early gains after technical selling, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Baltic Dry Index nears four-year highs

Dec. 4, 2017 at 5:19 pm CST

CNS Canada –– The Baltic Dry Index has climbed sharply over the past two weeks, rising to its highest levels in nearly four years. The BDI settled at 1,662 points on Friday, having gained 300 points since the middle of November. The index was last above 1,600 in January 2014. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cash price jitters drop CME live cattle

Dec. 4, 2017 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slid lower Monday, led by the prospect that packers might pay less for supplies later this week, said traders. December live cattle finished down 0.85 cent/lb. at 116.375 cents, and February ended 0.8 cent lower at 121.175 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters