Insights and Stories on International

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy steady as attention turns to South America

Oct. 18, 2017 at 8:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are both keeping rangebound as attention shifts from last week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture supply/demand report to South American growing conditions. During the week ended Wednesday the December corn contract rose 2.5 cents, to $3.485 per bushel […]

U.S. grains: Wheat down on weak export demand

Oct. 18, 2017 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Strong cash prices lift CME hogs

Oct. 18, 2017 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

Oct. 17, 2017 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures tumble in reversal on technical selloff

Oct. 17, 2017 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy futures weaken on improving weather

Oct. 17, 2017 at 4:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the second day in a row on Tuesday, pressured by improving weather for harvest in the U.S. Midwest as well as rain forecasts that will boost early crop development in Brazil, traders said. “We are leaking lower,” said Brian Rydlund, a […]

By Mark Weinraub

Tough U.S. NAFTA demands send ball back into lobbyists’ court

Oct. 16, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — Lobbying efforts on the North American Free Trade Agreement faced a major test this week after the Trump administration ignored advice from U.S. business groups and pitched proposals to radically reshape NAFTA, leaving its future in doubt. The U.S. demands to force renegotiation of NAFTA […]

By Dave Graham David Lawder

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop below $10 on profit-taking

Oct. 16, 2017 at 6:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures weakened on Monday, dipping below the US$10-per-bushel threshold the market hit for the first time in 2-1/2 months last week. “Soybeans are lower, giving back some of last week’s gains on profit taking,” Farm Futures analyst Bryce Knorr said in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs at two-month high on packer demand

Oct. 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose to a two-month high on Monday as cash prices extended their climb on strong demand from the expanded pork processing sector, traders and analysts said. Two new hog slaughterhouses that opened about a month ago in Iowa and Michigan have boosted […]

By Michael Hirtzer

JBS pulls plan for U.S. unit IPO

Oct. 16, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

Sao Paulo/Brasilia | Reuters –– JBS SA has pulled a planned US$500 million U.S. initial public offering of processed food subsidiary JBS Foods International BV, almost six months after a spree of corruption and food safety scandals in Brazil hurt investor demand for the deal. In a Friday filing with […]

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal Jake Spring