Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Hogs at three-week high on fund buying, spreading

Nov. 28, 2017 at 6:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to a three-week high on Tuesday, extending gains from recent days on speculation prices would rise higher next month and on calendar spreading, traders and analysts said. Live cattle were narrowly lower and feeder cattle futures slightly higher at the Chicago […]

U.S. grains: Corn slides on technicals, hefty global stocks

Nov. 28, 2017 at 5:13 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. corn, soy acreage to expand in 2018-19, USDA says

Nov. 28, 2017 at 2:44 pm CST

By Reuters

Germany’s Merkel scolds ally in glyphosate row

Nov. 28, 2017 at 2:27 pm CST

By Joseph Nasr

Mexico court rejects appeal to lift GM corn ban

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb as cash prices seen rising

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:11 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose on Monday as profitable packer margins and firm beef prices fueled expectations that cash cattle would trade at higher prices this week. December live cattle finished up 1.25 cents/lb. at 119.825 cents after holding chart-based support at the 50-day […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat hits contract lows

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 1.4 per cent to fresh contract lows on Monday, pressured by poor demand for U.S. supplies from overseas buyers, traders said. The drop in wheat weighed on corn futures while soybean futures edged higher, underpinned by concerns about crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

Nov. 27, 2017 at 3:53 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — Germany defeated its key EU ally France in a very tight vote on Monday to clear the use of glyphosate herbicide for the next five years after a heated debate over whether it causes cancer. After months of indecisive votes among the 28 member states in […]

By philip-blenkinsop

China to subsidize grain transportation, storage

Nov. 24, 2017 at 8:12 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to subsidize grain transportation and storage facilities in the latest push by Beijing to modernize the world’s largest agriculture sector. Beijing will subsidize projects upgrading or building facilities to load and receive grains along main railways and ports for major waterways including the Yangtze […]

By Reuters

French court suspends pesticides over potential harm to bees

Nov. 24, 2017 at 8:04 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — A French court suspended on Friday the licence for two pesticides made by Dow Chemical, citing uncertainty over environmental risks including their effects on bees. The preliminary ruling by an administrative court in the city of Nice overturned a decision by France’s health and environment agency […]

By Gus Trompiz