Insights and Stories on International

U.S. livestock: Hogs gain most since December on strong cash markets

May. 11, 2016 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hogs surged as much as 2.5 per cent for their biggest daily gains since December on Wednesday, lifted by rising cash prices and wholesale pork values that were tied to expectations of more export business to China, traders said. Technical buying also buoyed hog […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans surge with USDA report

May. 11, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from multi-month highs

May. 11, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Texas fertilizer plant blast deemed criminal act

May. 11, 2016 at 2:43 pm CDT

By Suzannah Gonzales

U.S. grains: Soy soars to 18-month top as USDA tightens stocks view

May. 10, 2016 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump, cattle firm on gains in meat prices

May. 10, 2016 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs gained the most in a week on Tuesday while cattle futures rose for the eighth straight session, with each commodity rising in tandem with wholesale meat prices on signs of growing demand, traders said. Trading volumes in the livestock contracts were relatively subdued […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Cattle hit 3-1/2 week high on cash gains

May. 9, 2016 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures jumped as much as two per cent to the highest levels in nearly a month on Monday, lifted by gains in the cash cattle market and signs demand for beef was improving, traders said. Feeder cattle futures also were sharply higher while […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn falls two per cent ahead of monthly USDA report

May. 9, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Monday to the lowest level since mid-April, pressured by broad weakness in commodities and positioning a day ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures also fell. At the Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Kazakh president meets farmland protests with reshuffle

May. 6, 2016 at 7:38 pm CDT

Astana | Reuters — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing opposition calls for a demonstration in the business centre Almaty, completed a government reshuffle initiated this week in response to street protests against farmland privatisation plans. Economy minister Yerbolat Dosayev and agriculture minister Asylzhan Mamytbekov, whose ministries were behind the planned […]

By Reuters

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

May. 6, 2016 at 7:20 pm CDT

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek