Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn rallies on weather worries

Jun. 14, 2016 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose 1.5 per cent on Tuesday, rallying from early weakness as updated weather forecasts raised the risk of stressful hot and dry conditions in the Midwest crop belt. Soybean futures were mixed, with favourable crop ratings pressuring deferred contracts. Wheat futures fell, dragged […]

U.S. livestock: Most CME live cattle futures rise on short-covering

Jun. 14, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down on feed costs, demand worries

Jun. 13, 2016 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on weather worries, soybeans retreat

Jun. 13, 2016 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Globalized economy seen more susceptible to weather extremes

Jun. 13, 2016 at 2:32 am CDT

By Megan Rowling

Bayer ex-CEO reportedly opposed Monsanto deal

Jun. 11, 2016 at 2:52 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer ex-chief executive Marijn Dekkers opposed the company’s plans for a US$62 billion takeover of U.S. seeds firm Monsanto, German magazine Der Spiegel reported. Dekkers warned Bayer non-executive board chairman Werner Wenning against going ahead with the offer, Der Spiegel said in an excerpt of an […]

By Reuters

Colombia, rebels plan joint drug crop eradication

Jun. 11, 2016 at 2:42 pm CDT

Havana | Reuters –– Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels agreed on Friday to a pilot project to replace illicit crops, mainly coca, as part of negotiations aimed at ending Latin America’s last and longest guerilla war, which is fueled in part by drug profits. Colombia is one of the […]

By Nelson Acosta

Bayer waiting for Monsanto to engage after spurned bid

Jun. 10, 2016 at 6:48 pm CDT

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, has still not opened its books more than two weeks after it rejected Bayer AG’s US$62 billion acquisition offer but left the door open to a possible deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The impasse shows that little progress in […]

By greg-roumeliotis

U.S. livestock: Fund liquidation sinks CME live cattle

Jun. 10, 2016 at 5:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, hit by fund selling and caution while awaiting market-ready, or cash, cattle prices by day’s end, said traders. June live cattle closed down 0.75 cent/lb. to 122.45 cents, after drifting below the 100-day moving average of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans notch longest bull run in 43 years

Jun. 10, 2016 at 4:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for the ninth straight week, the longest bull run in 43 years, on expectations that crop problems in Brazil and Argentina will steer more export business to the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed increased demand in a monthly crop […]

By Tom Polansek