Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat edge higher on short-covering

Sep. 27, 2016 at 2:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and oilseed futures were mostly higher on Tuesday, with soybeans rebounding from an earlier five-month low on support from investor short-covering ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly stocks report due on Friday. Rainfall delayed the U.S. corn and soybean harvests, while heavy […]

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

Sep. 26, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy decline to one-week lows

Sep. 26, 2016 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Lower cash prices send CME live cattle lower

Sep. 26, 2016 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

Sep. 26, 2016 at 9:55 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle erase losses to finish flat

Sep. 23, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures finished roughly unchanged on Friday, reversing from earlier steep losses as investors squared up positions ahead of a monthly supply report that was released after the market close, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle and lean hogs also settled about flat at […]

By Michael Hirtzer

China slaps anti-dumping duties on U.S. DDGS

Sep. 23, 2016 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago/Beijing | Reuters — China on Friday slapped anti-dumping duties on a U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS) amid an intensifying spat between the world’s two largest economies over agricultural trade which totaled over US$20 billion last year. Beijing’s preliminary decision calls for duties of 33.8 […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow cash market lower

Sep. 23, 2016 at 11:00 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent to a one-week low Friday morning on reports of big harvest yields and heavy farmer sales on the cash market, traders said. Wheat futures weakened as traders said ample global supplies were likely to blunt the impact of India’s […]

By Mark Weinraub

Iran now self-sufficient in wheat, president says

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:16 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Iran has become self-sufficient in wheat and aims to export wheat in the coming months, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday. “We had a good year that led Iran to stop importing wheat. We are planning to export wheat in the coming months,” Rouhani […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle decline on profit-taking

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell one per cent on Thursday, pressured by technical selling and as investors took profits following Wednesday’s nearly four-week high, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also were mostly lower while lean hog futures were mixed, with the front-month […]

By Michael Hirtzer