Insights and Stories on International

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

Oct. 12, 2016 at 6:02 pm CDT

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy likely rangebound

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: Weak cash prices extend live cattle losses

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall after USDA report

Oct. 12, 2016 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures firm ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2016 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall to six-year low on long liquidation

Oct. 11, 2016 at 3:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle futures fell to six-year lows on Tuesday, adding to steep losses from the previous session as investors liquidated holdings amid ample animal and meat supplies, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures gained more than one per cent at the Chicago Board of Trade, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Belgian regions set to block CETA over farm concerns

Oct. 11, 2016 at 9:39 am CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– Southern Belgium is set to block a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement, threatening to undermine the European Union’s entire trade policy and serving as a warning to British hopes of a speedy deal after Britain has left the European Union. EU trade ministers will vote in […]

By philip-blenkinsop

Tyson invests in non-meat protein

Oct. 10, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, took a five per cent stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat amid growing pressure on food companies to reduce environmental and health risks by changing the way they source protein. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump limit down

Oct. 10, 2016 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Monday settled down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit, on sell stops and fund liquidation after some contracts fell beneath chart support levels, said traders. October and December were down three cents/lb. at 98.875 and 100.05 cents, respectively […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on dry weather worries

Oct. 10, 2016 at 7:30 am CDT

Paris/Singapore | Reuters –– Chicago wheat futures rose on Monday, snapping a two-session fall, as dry weather in some U.S. and European wheat belts stirred concern in a market that has been weighed down by the prospect of record global supplies this season. Soybeans lost more ground as U.S. farmers […]

By Gus Trompiz Naveen Thukral