Insights and Stories on International

Minneapolis leads U.S. wheat futures trifecta

May. 3, 2016 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Minneapolis wheat prices are gaining on those at other U.S. futures markets, as traders expect reduced acres this year. But the opposite is true for the Kansas City exchange as the expectation of high production weighs, and Chicago markets are moving on technical trading. Minneapolis Grain Exchange […]

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

May. 3, 2016 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. EPA pulls back report saying glyphosate not likely carcinogenic

May. 3, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Profit-taking sparks sell-off

May. 3, 2016 at 4:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle up third straight session

May. 3, 2016 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. top court rejects POM Wonderful appeal over ads

May. 2, 2016 at 6:50 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Businesses better have good evidence to back up claims of health benefits from their products, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected POM Wonderful’s challenge to FTC findings that the juice maker’s advertising was misleading. The U.S. Supreme Court left […]

By lawrence-hurley

Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread

May. 2, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

Almaty | Reuters –– Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity. Speaking at an event in Almaty to mark the annual May 1 Unity Day celebrations, Nazarbayev […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains

May. 2, 2016 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Monday landed in positive territory for a second straight session, driven by more short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. June live cattle closed 0.875 cent/lb. higher at 115.8 cents, and August ended up 1.3 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on soymeal strength

May. 2, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Monday, piggybacking on sharp gains in the soymeal market, while corn and wheat futures were steady to weaker. “Beans were down early… but came roaring back higher, led by the meal (again), and backstopped by a weaker U.S. dollar,” Charlie Sernatinger, […]

By Mark Weinraub

Cuba backtracks on food reforms as conservatives resist change

Apr. 30, 2016 at 3:29 pm CDT

Havana | Reuters –– Cuba decided at a secretive Communist Party congress last week to reverse market reforms in food distribution and pricing, according to reports in official media, reflecting tensions within the party about the pace of economic change. President Raul Castro unveiled an ambitious market reform agenda in […]

By Marc Frank