Insights and Stories on International

Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises pandemic risk

Jan. 26, 2017 at 3:56 pm CST

London | Reuters — The global spread of bird flu and the number of viral strains currently circulating and causing infections have reached unprecedented levels, raising the risk of a potential human outbreak, according to disease experts. Multiple outbreaks have been reported in poultry farms and wild flocks across Europe, […]

CBOT weekly outlook: South American weather steering markets

Jan. 25, 2017 at 6:53 pm CST

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on Argentina weather

Jan. 25, 2017 at 5:35 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz Naveen Thukral

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs surge to near six-month high

Jan. 25, 2017 at 3:12 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking, trade worries

Jan. 24, 2017 at 4:44 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide on cash price unease

Jan. 24, 2017 at 3:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Tuesday, weighed by caution ahead of this week’s cash prices, said traders. They said sell stops and technical selling contributed to market losses. February live cattle closed 0.575 cents/lb. lower at 119.675 cents (all figures US$). April […]

By Theopolis Waters

Key European body backs EU-Canada trade deal

Jan. 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — A planned EU-Canada free-trade deal moved closer to reality on Tuesday after a key committee advised the European Parliament to give its backing after months of protests and heated debate. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is seen as a test of Europe’s ability […]

By philip-blenkinsop

Struggling U.S. farm sector faces new threat as TPP dies

Jan. 24, 2017 at 2:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to back out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, a US$62 billion market for U.S. farmers, provides a fresh threat to a slumping agricultural economy that has grown increasingly dependent on exports. Agricultural groups expressed disappointment over the move and […]

By Mark Weinraub

DuPont expects Dow merger to close later than expected

Jan. 24, 2017 at 10:46 am CST

Reuters — Chemicals and seeds producer DuPont indicated on Tuesday that its $130 billion merger with Dow Chemical will take longer to wrap up than previously expected as the companies await regulatory approvals. This is the second time that the two companies, which are in talks with the European Union’s […]

By Reuters

Australia, New Zealand pledge to salvage TPP

Jan. 23, 2017 at 6:50 pm CST

Reuters — Australia hopes to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by encouraging China and other Asian nations into the agreement in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the pact, its trade minister said on Tuesday. New Zealand’s trade minister said ministers from […]

By Reuters