Insights and Stories on International

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seen rising

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are moving in turbulent trade with each U.S. weather forecast. “It’s all on raindrops right now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. Recent forecasts for rain have pressured corn and soybean markets, though declining crop conditions […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy extend gains on outlook for dry weather

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump

Jul. 19, 2017 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Reckitt cuts the (French’s) mustard with food business sale

Jul. 19, 2017 at 1:35 pm CDT

By Martinne Geller

Alabama finds atypical BSE case

Jul. 19, 2017 at 12:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle buckle under technical pressure

Jul. 18, 2017 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday, hit by profit-taking and technical selling, said traders and analysts. They said some funds sold August futures and simultaneously bought the October contract. Positioning in advance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures gain on weather worries

Jul. 18, 2017 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade corn futures were higher on Tuesday, lifted by concerns that hot and dry weather could reduce yields for the U.S. harvest in the wake of government data showing deteriorating crop condition ratings, traders said. Corn finished about 10 cents per bushel below […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. makes lower trade deficit priority in NAFTA talks

Jul. 17, 2017 at 8:14 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Monday launched the first salvo in the renegotiation of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying its top priority for the talks was shrinking the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico. In a much-anticipated document sent to lawmakers, U.S. […]

By David Lawder lesley-wroughton

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs draw support from cash price discounts

Jul. 17, 2017 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures finished higher on Monday, helped by their discounts to cash prices and technical buying, traders said. Thinly-traded July, which expired at noon CT, settled down 0.2 cent/lb. at 92.4 cents and almost par with CME’s hog index for July 13 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-week low on spreading

Jul. 17, 2017 at 4:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a roughly two-week low on Monday while MGEX spring wheat gained one per cent in wheat spreading as dry conditions stressed the spring wheat crop in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. Investors were selling most-active […]

By Michael Hirtzer