Insights and Stories on International

Brewers toast Australian gluten-free barley

Apr. 16, 2016 at 3:30 pm CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Australian scientists say they have developed the world’s first WHO-approved “gluten-free” barley, a breakthrough for global beer manufacturers. They have had to use alternatives to barley such as rice and sorghum to brew gluten-free beer. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) said April 8 […]

France set to ban dimethoate-treated cherries

Apr. 15, 2016 at 8:30 pm CDT

By Reuters

Mars Food tells customers to go easy on the pasta sauce

Apr. 15, 2016 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits four-month top on short-covering

Apr. 15, 2016 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish mostly firm

Apr. 15, 2016 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy falls from eight-month top

Apr. 14, 2016 at 7:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly one per cent on Thursday on profit-taking and softening cash markets following a four-session advance that lifted the spot May contract to an eight-month high, traders said. Wheat futures ended lower one day after setting a one-week high. But corn settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mostly weak, but off lows

Apr. 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts posted modest losses on Thursday, pressured by continued fund selling, traders said. They said, sporadic bargain hunting and solid wholesale beef demand freed contracts from session lows. Additionally, investors at times sold the April contract and simultaneously bought June […]

By Theopolis Waters

China may cultivate GM corn in next five years

Apr. 13, 2016 at 8:04 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China, the world’s second-largest corn consumer, may allow commercial cultivation of pest-resistant genetically-modified (GM) corn within the next five years, an agriculture ministry official said Wednesday. “We will push forward the commercial process of new strains of pest-resistant cotton and pest-resistant corn among other key crops,” […]

By Reuters

CME to close New York trading floor in computers’ victory

Apr. 13, 2016 at 7:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group will shut its New York trading floor at year’s end as computerized trading claims another victim from the world’s old-school financial system. Options pits, where trades in commodities like gold, silver and oil take place face-to-face instead of electronically, will close a year after […]

By Tom Polansek

European Parliament backs glyphosate, with conditions

Apr. 13, 2016 at 7:38 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European politicians advised on Wednesday that the herbicide glyphosate should only be approved for another seven years, rather than the 15 proposed by the EU executive, and should not be used by the general public. Environmental campaigners have demanded a ban on glyphosate, which is used […]

By barbara-lewis