Insights and Stories on International

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

Nov. 21, 2016 at 9:22 pm CST

Reuters — Forty-five large investors collectively managing C$1.6 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate […]

U.S. October feedlot cattle placements hit four-year low

Nov. 21, 2016 at 8:20 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on Asian oilseed strength, export data

Nov. 21, 2016 at 6:58 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Smithfield Foods to buy Farmer John from Hormel

Nov. 21, 2016 at 6:42 pm CST

By Reuters

Baltic Dry Index hits highest levels in nearly two years

Nov. 18, 2016 at 6:55 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on short-covering ahead of weekend

Nov. 18, 2016 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about one per cent on Friday as dry weather and expectations of a drop in U.S. wheat plantings prompted short-covering ahead of the weekend, analysts said. Corn and soybeans also firmed in largely technical moves. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle gain slightly before USDA report

Nov. 18, 2016 at 2:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures nearby contracts posted modest gains on Friday as traders tweaked positions before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report at 2 p.m. CT. Most analysts, on average, believe fewer animals were put into feedlots in October than […]

By Theopolis Waters

McDonald’s investor renews push to cut antibiotics in all meat

Nov. 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm CST

Reuters — A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder is redoubling efforts to convince the fast-food chain to stop all of its global restaurants from serving the meat of animals raised with antibiotics that are vital for fighting human infections. More than 70 per cent of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are […]

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. grain exports slide after Trump win batters peso

Nov. 17, 2016 at 7:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Mexican demand for U.S. grain imports has slumped along with the country’s sinking peso as buyers withdrew from the market amid soaring costs in the week since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, traders and industry analysts said. Corn prices in pesos jumped more than […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle reach another two-month high

Nov. 17, 2016 at 7:15 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures reached a two-month high for a second straight day on Thursday, buoyed by this week’s stronger-than-anticipated cash prices, traders said. December live cattle closed up 0.025 cent/lb. to 108.225 cents, and February ended 0.3 cent higher at 108.8 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters