Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat firm in light recovery after USDA reports

Nov. 10, 2017 at 4:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn and soy futures firmed on Friday in a light technical bounce one day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released larger-than-expected yield estimates for both crops. Wheat futures rose on short-covering, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade December corn futures settled up 2 cents […]

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures mixed on spreading, cash declines

Nov. 9, 2017 at 7:43 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:43 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits new lows after USDA projects record U.S. yield

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures plunged to contract lows on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected a bigger-than-expected 2017 U.S. harvest because of a record-large average yield that topped even the highest trade forecasts. Soybeans also dropped as the USDA left its 2017 yield outlook unchanged […]

By Karl Plume

USDA boosts corn harvest view above expectations on record yields

Nov. 9, 2017 at 3:00 pm CST

Washington | Reuters – U.S. corn production will be higher than expected as harvest yields came in at record levels despite some concerns about the crop throughout the growing season, government data showed on Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department in its monthly supply and demand report said the bumper corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

Nov. 9, 2017 at 8:58 am CST

London | Reuters – A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the […]

By Kate Kelland

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures slump 3rd straight session

Nov. 8, 2017 at 3:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle lost ground for a third day in a row on Wednesday, led by lower early-week cash prices, traders said. Funds involved in CME livestock futures that track the Standard & Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index periodically sold, or “rolled,” December long […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Winter wheat mixed; corn, soy firm ahead of USDA report

Nov. 8, 2017 at 3:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. winter wheat futures ended mixed on Wednesday while soybeans and corn closed slightly higher as traders squared positions ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop supply and demand report due out on Thursday, traders said. Short covering buoyed corn and wheat late in […]

By Karl Plume