Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn near one-year high, spring wheat soars

Jun. 8, 2017 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spot corn futures hit their highest level in nearly a year before paring gains on Thursday and Minneapolis spring wheat neared a two-year top on worries about hot and dry weather stressing crops in the northern Plains and Midwest, analysts said. Soybean futures also firmed. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed

Jun. 8, 2017 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy up ahead of USDA data

Jun. 7, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-year high on adverse weather

Jun. 7, 2017 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures firm

Jun. 7, 2017 at 6:15 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

JBS says Pilgrim’s Pride stake not for sale

Jun. 7, 2017 at 3:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Brazilian meat packer JBS SA’s core U.S. assets, including its majority stake in Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., are not for sale, the company said on Wednesday, a day after announcing a deal to sell Argentine operations. U.S. chicken company Pilgrim’s Pride is critical to JBS’ long-term strategy […]

By Tom Polansek

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:56 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court has decided to reinstate a zero tolerance policy on common grain fungus ergot, lawyers on the case told Reuters on Tuesday, plunging trade with the world’s largest wheat importer back into uncertainty. Egypt last year scrapped a ban on ergot in grain imports […]

By Eric Knecht maha-el-dahan

JBS sells LatAm units to Minerva

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA has agreed to sell plants in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to rival Minerva SA for US$300 million, as the world’s largest meatpacker seeks cash to weather a corruption scandal that caused a spike in funding costs. JBS will use proceeds from the transaction […]

By Ana Mano

U.S. grains: Spring wheat climbs on dry weather worries

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rose about 1.5 per cent Tuesday and Minneapolis spring wheat traded above US$6 a bushel for the first time in nearly two years on deteriorating spring wheat ratings amid hot and dry weather in the northern U.S. Plains, analysts said. Corn futures neared […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble in technical selloff after contract highs

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday, reversing from earlier life-of-contract highs on pressure from investment fund and technical selling, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures declined by their daily price limit of 4.5 cents/lb. while lean hog futures were […]

By Michael Hirtzer