Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Fund sales pressure corn prices

Sep. 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sagged 1.1 per cent on Thursday on a round of fund selling as the pace of harvest quickened around the U.S. Midwest and cash markets weakened, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, following corn lower, while soybeans edged higher on […]

China to conditionally lift ban on some U.S. beef

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:48 am CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressures run up against harvest conditions

Sep. 21, 2016 at 4:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure, profit-taking pull down corn, soy

Sep. 21, 2016 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Egypt cancels zero-ergot wheat policy amid mounting pressure

Sep. 21, 2016 at 12:03 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

Sep. 20, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday over a wave of mergers among companies that sell farmers their seeds, herbicides and insecticides, worrying that the deals could lead to higher prices and less innovation at a time of dropping farm incomes. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from […]

By diane-bartz

U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally

Sep. 20, 2016 at 2:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a nearly one-month high on strong export demand and as rains delayed harvest in key production areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. The delays also supported corn futures, while wheat rose on […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs plunge to contract lows on supply

Sep. 19, 2016 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell three per cent or more on Monday, with many contracts reaching lifetime lows on pressure from robust hog supplies and technical selling, traders said. Live and feeder cattle futures were mostly lower at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, weighed down by profit-taking […]

By Michael Hirtzer

California to limit pollutants from diesel exhaust to cow gas

Sep. 19, 2016 at 5:29 pm CDT

Reuters — California on Monday moved to restrict air pollutants from sources as diverse as diesel trucks and cow flatulence, the latest of several efforts in the most populous U.S. state to reduce emissions leading to climate change. Under a bill signed Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the state […]

By Sharon Bernstein

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

Sep. 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm CDT

Wolfsburg, Germany | Reuters — Germany appeared set on Monday to back an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada after the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partner in the ruling coalition, overcame left-wing resistance to the deal within his party. The SPD decision paves the […]

By Caroline Copley Holger Hansen