Insights and Stories on International

U.S. dairy lobby increases pressure on Canada

Jul. 17, 2017 at 11:42 am CDT

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — The U.S. dairy lobby is ratcheting up the pressure on Canada as talks to renegotiate NAFTA draw closer, demanding concessions the Canadian government looks unwilling to grant, according to people familiar with the file. The result could be a brawl that sours efforts to modernize the […]

China approves two more GMO crops for import

Jul. 17, 2017 at 11:11 am CDT

By Dominique Patton

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on bargain buying, temperature outlook

Jul. 14, 2017 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Short covering lifts CME live cattle

Jul. 14, 2017 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

JBS gets nod from Brazil court to divest assets

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:40 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: December corn looks pricey above $4 mark

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger than expected carryout of U.S. corn supplies has cast a bearish tint over the market. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report, the agency pegged domestic corn stockpiles for 2017-18 at 2.325 billion bushels, which exceeded the June projection of 2.11 […]

By Dave Sims

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto, to become the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the herbicide causes to crops not genetically modified to withstand it. Dicamba is sprayed by farmers on crops […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy tumble on better weather, technicals

Jul. 13, 2017 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures plummeted on Thursday, with wheat easing as much as five per cent in a technical selloff amid outlooks for slightly cooler temperatures and chances for rain next week in Midwestern growing regions, traders and analysts said. Wheat, corn and soybeans extended […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Beef, profit-taking weaken CME live cattle

Jul. 13, 2017 at 5:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Thursday eased from Wednesday’s three-cent per pound limit-up settlement, pressured by profit-taking and seasonally struggling wholesale beef values, said traders. They said futures’ discounts to preliminary cash prices limited market losses. CME livestock market funds that track the Standard […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn falls four per cent after USDA data

Jul. 12, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell four per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its U.S. old- and new-crop corn ending stocks forecasts more than most analysts expected. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, with rains in Iowa and Illinois this week adding pressure. […]

By Julie Ingwersen