Insights and Stories on International

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure seen easing

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, with soybeans leading to the upside on the back of solid export demand and a rally in world vegetable oil markets. The front-month contract moved well above the psychological $10 […]

U.S. livestock: Fundamentals undercut CME hog futures

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:37 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. agency seeks proof of criminal use of dicamba

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Reuters

JBS scraps reorganization after Brazil veto

Oct. 26, 2016 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal Reese Ewing

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit two-month high

Oct. 26, 2016 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Court may help EU sidestep lone-wolf resistance to trade deals

Oct. 25, 2016 at 4:40 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — A court ruling early next year may help the European Union out of the kind of embarrassing situation it has just landed in, where a regional assembly in Belgium is blocking a major trade agreement between Canada and the 28 sovereign states of the EU. Belgian […]

By philip-blenkinsop

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend rally, cattle snap winning streak

Oct. 25, 2016 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures on Tuesday gained for a third straight session, fueled by recently improved prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, hogs and wholesale pork values despite plentiful supplies, said traders. Fund buying developed after December and February futures opened above their respective 20-day […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn gain on short-covering

Oct. 25, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday as traders covered short positions after prices for each crop fell to the lowest levels in more than a week. The dollar reversed lower after a nine-month high against a basket of currencies, further underpinning grain […]

By Michael Hirtzer

ChemChina reported ready for concessions to clinch Syngenta deal

Oct. 25, 2016 at 1:40 pm CDT

Beijing/Zurich | Reuters — State-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina is ready to offer more concessions to win European Union antitrust approval for its US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticide and seed group Syngenta, a source with direct knowledge of the process said. Clinching China’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition is taking longer […]

By Chen Aizhu Michael Shields

DuPont says Dow merger may get delayed

Oct. 25, 2016 at 1:27 pm CDT

Reuters — DuPont raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast as it cuts costs ahead of its merger with Dow Chemical, but said the deal may not close by the end of this year as planned. Shares of DuPont, which reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on lower expenses and higher sales […]

By Arathy S Nair