Insights and Stories on International

Dreyfus owner pregnant, plans maternity leave

Jan. 4, 2016 at 6:56 pm CST

Paris | Reuters — Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, majority owner and chairwoman of global trading house Louis Dreyfus Commodities, is pregnant with twins and plans to take short maternity leave following the birth due in early April, the company said. Louis-Dreyfus, 53, will continue as chair of the group’s supervisory board until […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans sag to start 2016

Jan. 4, 2016 at 5:28 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rise on cash gains, wintry weather

Jan. 4, 2016 at 5:23 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Somali workers fired at U.S. beef plant in prayer dispute

Jan. 1, 2016 at 8:35 pm CST

By Keith Coffman

Smallest ag markets biggest winners in commodities rout

Dec. 31, 2015 at 4:11 pm CST

By Luc Cohen

U.S. grains: Soy and grains post annual declines

Dec. 31, 2015 at 4:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Thursday as traders eyed forecasts for much-needed rains in Brazil, while corn and wheat ended narrowly mixed in light year-end trading. All three commodities posted annual declines for 2015. Markets will be closed on Friday for the New Year’s Day holiday. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed ahead of holiday

Dec. 31, 2015 at 4:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Thursday after investors settled their accounts during the last trading session of the year. The thinly-traded spot December, which expired at noon CT, settled 2.8 cents/lb. higher at 135.8 (all figures US$). February, the new lead month, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

Dec. 31, 2015 at 12:29 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long […]

By Michael Hirtzer P.J. Huffstutter

Precision ag firm AgJunction plans post-merger job cuts

Dec. 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm CST

Precision agriculture equipment and software firm AgJunction is set to cut down its workforce in the wake of its merger with a U.S. competitor. AgJunction, which in 2013 relocated its head office from Calgary to Kansas and shut its Calgary manufacturing plant, announced Wednesday it will reduce its total workforce […]

By Staff

Floods close two Ardent flour mills

Dec. 30, 2015 at 5:48 pm CST

Reuters — Two Illinois flour mills near the Mississippi River and operated by Ardent Mills were shuttered because of flooding this week, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. Ardent, the largest U.S. flour miller, operated jointly by Cargill, ConAgra Foods and CHS Inc., said the mills in Chester and Alton […]

By Reuters