Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn approaches seven-month low on poor exports, big supply

Jan. 7, 2016 at 5:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures neared a seven-month low on Thursday on concerns about poor export demand and large world supplies. Soybean futures also traded mostly lower, while wheat futures jumped on technical buying. Corn traders focused on exports and stockpiles before the release next week of U.S. […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down

Jan. 7, 2016 at 4:54 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Baltic Dry Index continues downward slide

Jan. 7, 2016 at 3:27 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Cargill’s Q2 profit drops amid commodities slump

Jan. 7, 2016 at 3:00 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Genetic codebreaking on wheat years ahead of schedule

Jan. 6, 2016 at 7:55 pm CST

By Staff

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:18 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified (GMO) corn in China’s northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government’s ability to ensure a safe food supply. Beijing has spent billions of dollars to develop GMO crops that […]

By Dominique Patton

CBOT weekly outlook: Weak soybeans, corn watch energy, USDA for direction

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:04 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade trended down over the past two weeks, testing some contract lows in the process. While the potential for a short-covering bounce is there, further losses are also a distinct possibility, depending on what happens in outside energy […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise in short-covering bounce

Jan. 6, 2016 at 2:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures rebounded from early-session losses on Wednesday in a technical short-covering bounce as investors squared positions ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report due early next week. Corn and wheat futures posted fresh contract lows in nearly all months and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Slumping stock market pressures CME live cattle

Jan. 6, 2016 at 2:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts posted modest losses on Wednesday amid investor jitters over fallen U.S. stock futures and uncertainty about cash price direction, traders said. Funds heavily invested in equities typically have a wide range of commodities in their portfolios, including CME livestock. February […]

By Theopolis Waters

Egypt’s new wheat requirement could delay supplies

Jan. 6, 2016 at 2:27 pm CST

Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt, the world’s largest purchaser of wheat, has imposed restrictive import requirements, an agricultural authority official told Reuters, alarming traders who threatened to boycott tenders for the politically sensitive commodity. The new requirement — for a complete absence of ergot, a common fungus found in […]

By Eric Knecht maha-el-dahan