Insights and Stories on International

England’s farmland prices fall ahead of Brexit vote

Apr. 11, 2016 at 7:23 pm CDT

London | Reuters –– Farmland prices in England fell by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year — the largest quarterly decline since 2008, weighed partly by uncertainty ahead of the June 23 referendum on European Union membership, estate agent Knight Frank said. Knight Frank’s Farmland Index […]

U.S. grains: Wheat to five-week low on forecasts for rains

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking halts CME live cattle rally

Apr. 11, 2016 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

Apr. 11, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Lisa Baertlein Martinne Geller Simon Jessop

Corn, wheat prices seen hitting 10-year lows in 2016

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

Apr. 9, 2016 at 3:08 pm CDT

Gorodok | Reuters — Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market. But debate about it was the spark that lit the Maidan street […]

By Pavel Polityuk

U.S. Justice Dept. urges rejection of CP voting trust

Apr. 9, 2016 at 2:48 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a regulator to reject a voting trust Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has proposed as part of its takeover bid for U.S. railway Norfolk Southern, saying it could hurt competition and would violate rules. In mid-November, CP disclosed a $28 billion offer […]

By Nick Carey Tim Ahmann

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

Apr. 8, 2016 at 7:25 pm CDT

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of […]

By Chris Arsenault

Chinese citizens protest ChemChina-Syngenta deal

Apr. 8, 2016 at 7:14 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — Around 400 Chinese citizens have signed a letter to protest the purchase of Swiss-based seeds and pesticides company Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, saying the deal would eventually lead to genetically modified crops being sown across swathes of the country. Critics of genetically modified organisms argue the […]

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

U.S. livestock: Technical buying drives CME live cattle higher

Apr. 8, 2016 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts rose for a third day in a row on Friday, fuelled by short-covering and fund buying after contracts broke through technical resistance, traders said. April live cattle ended up 1.95 cent/lb. at 134.375 cents, and June closed 1.8 cent higher […]

By Theopolis Waters