Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on weather forecasts, NAFTA jitters

Apr. 26, 2017 at 3:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent Wednesday on forecasts for better Midwest planting weather and news that the White House is considering an executive order on withdrawing from North American Free Trade Agreement, analysts said. Soybeans also declined and wheat turned lower as […]

Cargill to exit U.S. cattle feeding business

Apr. 26, 2017 at 2:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs surge on stocks data, strong pork demand

Apr. 25, 2017 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn jumps as rains seen stalling U.S. planting progress

Apr. 25, 2017 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

DuPont profit beats on strong seed demand

Apr. 25, 2017 at 12:42 pm CDT

By Swetha Gopinath

Tyson Foods beefs up prepared foods with AdvancePierre buy

Apr. 25, 2017 at 10:44 am CDT

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast-growing portfolio of prepared food brands. Demand for meat-based snacks has been growing as Americans shun candy […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop from one-year peak, hogs rise

Apr. 24, 2017 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell on Monday in a profit-taking setback after notching one-year highs for four straight days last week, traders said. Larger-than-expected cattle placements in a monthly government report issued after the market closed on Friday added pressure to start the week, with deferred contracts […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on dollar weakness, short-covering

Apr. 24, 2017 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago soybean futures rose for a second session on Monday, touching a three-week high on short-covering, and as a weaker U.S. dollar raised hopes for fresh export sales. Corn futures edged higher on support from fund short-covering and worries over a slow start to spring planting, while wheat […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: March feedlot cattle placements carve new monthly high

Apr. 21, 2017 at 5:26 pm CDT

U.S. cattle ranchers in March placed 11.0 per cent more cattle into feedlots than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday, which topped analysts’ forecast and notched a record high for the month. In March packing plants paid feedyards more money for cattle, which enhanced feedlot […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall but close above session lows

Apr. 21, 2017 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, with key contracts hitting all-time lows as the outlook for Canadian plantings topped expectations and threatened to add to the already abundant global stockpile, traders said. Corn futures also eased, dipping to their lowest since late December, on expectations of improving weather […]

By Mark Weinraub