Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat tumble ahead of year’s end

Dec. 30, 2015 at 3:49 pm CST

Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat slipped on Wednesday, as concerns about potential damage to winter wheat crops moved to the background in light year-end trading. Soybeans rose on technical buying, despite forecasts for much-needed rains in parts of Brazil next week. With a lack of fresh bullish news for […]

U.S. livestock: Cash price spike drives CME live cattle higher

Dec. 30, 2015 at 3:42 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Cargill to sell crop insurance unit to Silveus

Dec. 29, 2015 at 7:42 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

DuPont cuts jobs in Delaware ahead of Dow merger

Dec. 29, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on bargain-buying, fund short-covering

Dec. 29, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle futures

Dec. 29, 2015 at 6:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sagged for a second straight session on Tuesday, after participants took profits in the year’s final week of trading, traders said. Spot December and February each closed 0.65 cent/lb. lower, at 130.2 and 135.5 cents respectively (all figures US$). Traders […]

By Theopolis Waters

Flooding in U.S. Midwest threatens winter wheat

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:49 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — Heavy weekend storms caused flooding in parts of the southern U.S. Midwest, threatening the region’s soft red winter wheat, crop experts said on Monday. A swath of eastern Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and southern Illinois received 7.5 to 18 cm of rain with localized totals of up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Chinese group eyes indirect stake in Chile’s SQM

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:37 am CST

Santiago | Reuters — China’s CITIC CLSA Capital Markets will participate in the process to buy an indirect stake in Chilean crop nutrition and industrial chemical firm SQM, one of the world’s top lithium producers, the holding company selling the stake said Monday. Holding company Oro Blanco said in a […]

By Reuters

Wintry blast cuts both ways in U.S. cattle country

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:21 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — A major winter storm rolling across the U.S. Plains on Monday disrupted transportation of cattle to beef packing plants in sections of the region, said experts. However, they said, the rough weather supported cattle and wholesale beef prices struggling against abundant overall meat supplies and heavyweight […]

By Theopolis Waters

Rising Mississippi waters bring barge traffic near halt

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:13 am CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Rapidly rising floodwaters brought barge traffic to a near standstill on the middle section of the Mississippi River on Monday, halting shipments of goods such as soybeans, concrete and road salt, government officials and traders said. The deadly storms have killed more than 40 people in […]

By Michael Hirtzer