Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on fund buying

Apr. 12, 2017 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures extended gains on Wednesday, with most live and feeder cattle contracts hitting lifetime highs on investment fund buying as wholesale beef prices also climbed, traders said. The higher cattle prices came despite expectations for weaker trades this week in U.S. Plains cash cattle […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching weather

Apr. 12, 2017 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Smithfield makes move on market for pig-human transplants

Apr. 12, 2017 at 12:41 am CDT

By Julie Steenhuysen Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit 2-1/2-week highs

Apr. 11, 2017 at 8:33 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy falls to one-year low

Apr. 11, 2017 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering

Apr. 10, 2017 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed about two per cent on Monday on short-covering ahead of the Midwest planting season and chart-based buying, analysts said. Wheat futures were also higher on short-covering while soybeans closed almost flat, retreating from early advances. Chicago Board of Trade May corn settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up for fourth straight session

Apr. 10, 2017 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, fueled by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, said traders. Last weekend’s news that China offered to lift its ban on U.S. beef helped spike Chicago Mercantile Exchange over one […]

By Theopolis Waters

KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

Apr. 7, 2017 at 5:19 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands’ U.S. KFC chain plans to curb the use of antibiotics in its chicken supply, making it the last of the big three chicken restaurants to join the fight against the rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. KFC, the second-biggest U.S. chicken […]

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. grains: Corn sags, soy posts longest weekly skid in 30 months

Apr. 7, 2017 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures drifted to a one-week low on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of a monthly U.S. government report that analysts expect to show rising grain inventories and big South American crops. Soybeans closed narrowly mixed but the most-active contract posted a fifth weekly […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains as funds buy

Apr. 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle rose for a third straight day on Friday with support from fund buying and futures’ discounts to late-afternoon cash price expectations, said traders. They said some market participants sold April futures and simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy known […]

By Theopolis Waters