Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans plumb new lows

Apr. 4, 2017 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a year on Tuesday, pressured by expectations for record-large U.S. plantings and a massive South American harvest, analysts said. Corn futures fell one per cent on profit-taking a day after reaching a three-week […]

Lactalis still short in bid to delist Parmalat

Apr. 4, 2017 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Reuters

ChemChina, Syngenta win U.S. antitrust approval for deal

Apr. 4, 2017 at 4:44 pm CDT

By diane-bartz

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit four-month low

Apr. 4, 2017 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Dreyfus sees recovery after two-year profit slide

Apr. 3, 2017 at 6:15 pm CDT

By Gus Trompiz

Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

Apr. 3, 2017 at 6:03 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. […]

By diane-bartz

Syrian agriculture faces US$16 billion bill from conflict

Apr. 3, 2017 at 5:40 pm CDT

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Syria’s six-year conflict has caused at least US$16 billion in damage to agriculture — about a third of the country’s GDP — a U.N. agency said on Monday, calling for more funds to salvage local food production as millions go hungry. Fighting has led […]

By Umberto Bacchi

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week high on U.S. area outlook

Apr. 3, 2017 at 5:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-week high on Monday while soybeans set multi-month lows as traders continued to respond to a plantings forecast released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, analysts said. Wheat followed corn higher, supported by commodity funds covering short positions. “We’re still […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures slump on pork demand fears

Apr. 3, 2017 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Monday, pressured by concerns that the seasonal bump in supplies might further hurt cash prices and curb retail pork buying, said traders. They said sell stops and fund liquidation hastened hog market losses. April hogs ended 0.875 cent/lb. […]

By Theopolis Waters

JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

Apr. 1, 2017 at 4:07 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters –– The world’s largest meatpacker, Brazil’s JBS SA, has for years knowingly bought cattle that were raised on illegally deforested land, turning a blind eye to regulations meant to protect the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s environmental regulator has alleged. The accusation comes even as JBS and other meatpackers […]

By Anthony Boadle