Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wheat down as U.S. dollar pressures commodities

Nov. 14, 2016 at 3:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about two per cent on Monday, joining a broad decline in commodities as the dollar roared to an 11-month high, analysts said. Soybeans and corn also sagged, with a sell-off in Chinese soy futures adding pressure. Chicago Board of Trade December wheat […]

EPA approves Monsanto’s dicamba weed killer

Nov. 10, 2016 at 4:53 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures climb as cash price outlook improves

Nov. 10, 2016 at 4:25 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rebound on technical buying; wheat lower

Nov. 10, 2016 at 4:20 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Record U.S. hog slaughter puts pressure on Canadian pork prices

Nov. 10, 2016 at 1:00 pm CST

By Dave Sims

World continues to digest Trump win

Nov. 9, 2016 at 4:13 pm CST

As the world continues to digest Donald Trump’s surprise win in the U.S. presidential election, in many ways it seems to be business as usual. After see-sawing at the open, North American equity markets logged surprisingly strong gains after most market participants were said to have priced in a Hillary […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures shrug off early losses

Nov. 9, 2016 at 3:52 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday after bargain buying and cash price expectations offset initial selling, said traders. CME cattle and hog market participants at first sold futures after Donald Trump unexpectedly won the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday. “People are still concerned about […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-month low after USDA raises harvest estimate

Nov. 9, 2016 at 3:46 pm CST

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. corn futures slid on Wednesday to their lowest level in almost a month and soybean futures weakened after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its domestic harvest estimates from already record-high levels. In a monthly report, the USDA said farmers will grow 15.226 billion bushels of corn […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA boosts crop yield forecast

Nov. 9, 2016 at 1:41 pm CST

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. Agriculture Department raised its already record-high forecast for U.S. corn and soybean harvests Nov.9, with gains keyed by increased yield estimates in major production states such as Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio. The bumper harvest will leave a larger-than-expected stockpile of both commodities even with increased usage […]

By Mark Weinraub

EU wheat rises ahead of U.S. elections, USDA report

Nov. 8, 2016 at 4:05 pm CST

Paris/Reuters – European wheat prices rose in the wake of Chicago on Tuesday in a broader rise across international markets which increasingly anticipated the victory of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Presidential elections. Traders also pointed to short covering and technical buying ahead of the election results and […]

By Staff