Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to lowest since 2010 on record supply estimate

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures dropped to their lowest level since 2010 after the U.S. government on Thursday said year-end global supplies would be the biggest in history. Prices crumbled as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for record-large world wheat production and ending stocks fuelled fears about […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease ahead of cash prices

Feb. 9, 2016 at 9:07 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Chipotle shuts for staff food safety meeting

Feb. 9, 2016 at 3:39 pm CST

By siddharth-cavale Subrat Patnaik

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down on equities downturn

Feb. 8, 2016 at 4:33 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans set new 2016 low as rains hit dry Argentina

Feb. 8, 2016 at 3:26 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

China clears Xtend soybean variety for import

Feb. 7, 2016 at 7:20 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto said on Feb. 3 it received import approval from China for its new genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans and will sell the seeds in the U.S. and Canada for the 2016 growing season. China, the world’s biggest soybean importer, does not allow imports of new […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to three-week low

Feb. 5, 2016 at 5:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slumped for a second session on Friday, anchored by ample global supplies and after top importer Egypt canceled a tender for the second time this week. Corn and soybeans also fell at the Chicago Board of Trade, with all three markets posting a […]

By Justin Madden Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Fallen equities market topples CME live cattle

Feb. 5, 2016 at 5:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed lower on Friday, weighed by cash price caution and heavy U.S. stock market losses, traders said. The day’s firm U.S. dollar and the plunge in equities tied to disappointing jobs data pulled most commodity prices lower, they said. Altin […]

By Theopolis Waters

Mosaic cuts phosphate production

Feb. 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm CST

Reuters –– U.S.-based fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. said Wednesday it would cut output of phosphates by up to 400,000 tonnes with rotating plant shutdowns in the first quarter, due to weak demand. Fertilizer producers have seen profits hit by falling prices, triggered in part by weak currencies in importing countries […]

By Reuters

Egypt to accept wheat with 0.05 per cent ergot

Feb. 5, 2016 at 2:42 pm CST

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s agriculture ministry will allow wheat imports with up to 0.05 percent levels of ergot, a common grains fungus, it said on Feb. 3, reversing a zero tolerance policy that prompted traders to boycott the state’s wheat tender this week. The supply ministry and the General […]

By Reuters