Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Bargain buying rallies CME lean hogs

Oct. 3, 2016 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by bargain buying following futures’ plunge by their three-cent/lb. price limit on Friday, said traders. October, which will expire on Oct. 14, closed down 0.1 cent/lb. at 48.925 cents (all figures US$). Most-actively […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle tumble to multi-year lows on supply woes

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn jumps on positioning, new signals of feed demand

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

September record-large U.S. hog herd topped expectations

Sep. 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

USDA reports U.S. wheat stocks biggest since 1987

Sep. 30, 2016 at 1:18 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

China approves corn export permits to two companies

Sep. 30, 2016 at 9:32 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– China has given approval to at least two companies to export corn, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, in a radical move by the world’s No. 2 producer to cut its ballooning surplus that could add more supply to a saturated global market. The […]

By Reuters

USDA requires meat packers to report online cattle auction deals

Sep. 29, 2016 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will require meat packers to report cattle purchases they make through online auctions to the agency starting next week, a move that stoked traders’ hopes for more transparent markets. USDA will begin including transactions from auctions on the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs higher on short-covering after seven-year lows

Sep. 29, 2016 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures edged higher on Thursday, rebounding from an earlier seven-year low as investors squared positions ahead of a government supply report due on Friday, traders and analysts said. Traders also were cleaning up their books ahead of the last day of the third […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Water meeting safety standards after sinkhole leak, Mosaic says

Sep. 29, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

Reuters — Testing of nine wells near a sinkhole at a Mosaic Co. fertilizer facility in Florida, site of a massive leak of contaminated water, shows that water meets safe drinking standards for radioactivity and damage has not spread beyond the site, the company said. A sinkhole 45 feet in […]

By Rod Nickel

Louis Dreyfus stems profit slide, but headwinds persist

Sep. 29, 2016 at 3:33 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural trading giant Louis Dreyfus Company eked out a small rise in 2016 first-half net profit, saying steady shipped volumes helped it weather another tough period in commodity markets. Louis Dreyfus has been grappling with ample supply, lower prices and slower economic growth that have cut […]

By Gus Trompiz