Insights and Stories on International

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

Apr. 8, 2016 at 2:15 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain conditions in pigs because it could leave a cancerous residue that may affect human health. The drug, carbadox, is made by Teaneck, N.J.-based Phibro Animal Health and is used […]

Cargill books higher profits, warns of tough markets

Apr. 7, 2016 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise on discounts to cash prices

Apr. 7, 2016 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans moving lower, corn up

Apr. 6, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to near one-week low as crop progresses

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, but off session tops

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday reversed some of Tuesday’s heavy losses, helped by short-covering and bargain hunting, traders said. April live cattle ended 1.4 cents/lb. higher at 132.075 cents, and June closed 1.1 cents higher at 121.85 (all figures US$). Futures’ price discount […]

By Theopolis Waters

Vale, Yara deny talks over fertilizer unit stake

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Vale SA denied a report on Wednesday that it was negotiating a sale of fertilizer assets to Norway’s Yara International as the Brazilian miner seeks to raise cash following its biggest quarterly loss in decades. Valor Economico, a Brazilian business newspaper, reported Vale could sell a […]

By Reuters

Suspected cattle-attacking gator killed in Florida

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:16 pm CDT

Orlando | Reuters –– A 780-lb. “monster” alligator slain in a Florida hunt and hauled out of the water with a farm tractor falls short of the state record for length, a wildlife official said on Wednesday. “A big alligator nonetheless, but they are not going to have an official […]

By Barbara Liston

Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook

Apr. 6, 2016 at 1:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Monsanto on Wednesday effectively pulled itself out of the mergers-and-acquisitions flurry in the seeds and agrochemicals industry, nearly a year after making a bid for rival Syngenta. The St. Louis-based company, which also reported a drop in second-quarter earnings, now sees its best dealmaking opportunities in […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy dips as farmers are expected to expand plantings

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures on Tuesday extended a setback from the nearly eight-month highs reached a day earlier, as wet weather fueled projections that farmers will plant more fields with the oilseed than previously expected. Rainy, cool conditions in the U.S. South and Midwest could prompt growers […]

By Tom Polansek