Insights and Stories on International

JBS chiefs return to posts

Sep. 14, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

The CEO and board chairman of the world’s biggest beef exporting firm say they’ve received clearance from a Brazilian federal court to return to their positions, after being ordered off the job last week. Brothers Wesley Batista and Joesley Batista, the CEO and board chairman respectively at Brazilian meat packing […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy markets lean on yield data

Sep. 14, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures edge higher

Sep. 14, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hefty supplies push CME lean hogs to 10-month low

Sep. 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Austrian government split on opposition to CETA

Sep. 14, 2016 at 11:59 am CDT

By Reuters

Bayer clinches Monsanto with raised US$66 billion bid

Sep. 14, 2016 at 10:28 am CDT

New York/Frankfurt | Reuters — German drugs and crop chemicals company Bayer has won over U.S. seeds firm Monsanto with an improved takeover offer of US$66 billion including debt, ending months of wrangling after increasing its bid for a third time. The $128 a share deal announced on Wednesday, up […]

By greg-roumeliotis Ludwig Burger

Russia may ban Egyptian citrus amid wheat dispute

Sep. 13, 2016 at 5:50 pm CDT

Moscow/Cairo | Reuters — Russia threatened to ban Egyptian citrus imports on Tuesday, a move that could escalate a trade dispute over exports of Russian wheat to the world’s largest importer of the grain. Moscow said this week it hopes to hold talks with Egypt, its top buyer, over Cairo’s […]

By Eric Knecht Polina Devitt

U.S. livestock: Supplies drop CME lean hogs third straight session

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs on Tuesday posted losses for a third straight session as plentiful supplies pressured cash prices, traders said. They said liquidation in other commodities led by the U.S. stock market selloff further weighed on CME lean hogs. October closed 2.675 cents/lb. lower […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on record U.S. crop view, firmer dollar

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped more than two per cent on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s steep losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its production forecast well above market expectations. Corn futures also fell as USDA projected a record-large U.S. crop that would outstrip demand, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. challenges Chinese wheat, corn, rice price supports at WTO

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:17 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Tuesday launched a challenge to China’s price supports for domestic production of rice, wheat and corn at the World Trade Organization, charging that these far exceed limits that China committed to when it joined the WTO in 2001. The U.S. Trade Representative’s […]

By David Lawder