Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn inches higher on weather uncertainty

May. 12, 2017 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Friday on light short-covering ahead of the weekend and uncertainty about planting weather in the Midwest, analysts said, while soybeans and wheat closed modestly lower. Chicago Board of Trade July corn settled up 1-3/4 cents at $3.71 per bushel (all figures […]

Brazil police probe loans to JBS

May. 12, 2017 at 2:21 pm CDT

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Cargill expects grain glut to last long time

May. 12, 2017 at 2:07 pm CDT

By jane-chung

U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on technical selling

May. 11, 2017 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

JBS mulls delaying IPO of international unit

May. 10, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Tatiana Bautzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans poised for move upward

May. 10, 2017 at 5:33 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Wet weather across much of the Midwest could be throwing a monkey wrench into the plans of U.S. corn farmers, according to a market-watcher. Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Barrington, Illinois, says much of the U.S. corn crop still has to go into the […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn up on USDA world stocks view

May. 10, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose about two per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for global inventories at the end of the 2017-18 marketing year fell below trade expectations. Soybean futures hit a six-week high after the USDA’s reports were released, buoyed by […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall on profit-taking reversal

May. 9, 2017 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures declined two per cent or more on Tuesday, reversing from earlier gains as traders took profits on concern that surging prices could hurt beef demand, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures were higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy up ahead of USDA data

May. 9, 2017 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed nearly one per cent on Tuesday, halting a three-session slide, as traders adjusted positions a day ahead of a U.S. government crop report and as excessively wet weather in the Midwest raised concerns, analysts said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low as weather improves

May. 8, 2017 at 5:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about two per cent to a one-week low on Monday, and corn and soybeans also declined on prospects for improving crop weather in the Midwest and Plains, analysts said. “The weather is getting better. The fact that we don’t have a very […]

By Julie Ingwersen