Insights and Stories on International

Devalued Argentine peso seen spurring grain exports

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:40 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters — The currency devaluation set to kick off in Argentina on Thursday is expected to pump millions of tonnes of pent-up grains supply into the international market at a time when the world is already seeing record stockpiles. For the first time since 2011, Argentines have […]

Ocean freight rate index at historic low, again

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Brazil dryness sparks soy short-covering

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:15 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sink to three-year bottom

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

Dec. 16, 2015 at 8:42 pm CST

By David Ljunggren Krista Hughes

CP revises hostile bid for Norfolk Southern, again

Dec. 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway slammed railway Norfolk Southern on Wednesday, accusing it of misleading investors even as CP executives rolled out a new bid with increased shareholder protections to acquire the U.S.-based railroad. Executives from Canada’s second-largest railroad said the deal is now in the hands of Norfolk Southern’s […]

By Allison Lampert Euan Rocha

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rangebound ahead of holidays

Dec. 16, 2015 at 5:24 pm CST

CNS Canada — Corn and soybeans at the Chicago Board of Trade are rangebound ahead of the holidays, according to one analyst. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent, the first increase since 2006, which pressured both corn and soybeans. But outside of that […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on global supply pressure

Dec. 16, 2015 at 4:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat, corn and soybeans fell on Wednesday as traders grappled with huge world stocks of all three commodities. Grain and oilseed prices edged higher during the overnight session but traders quickly locked in profits from the mild spikes amid the bearish global […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution drags CME live cattle lower

Dec. 16, 2015 at 4:50 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped on Wednesday, weighed down by investor caution while waiting for the remainder of cash cattle to change hands, traders said. Spot December ended down 0.325 cent/lb., to 119.975 cents, and February 0.55 cent lower at 124.925 (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

Dec. 16, 2015 at 2:41 pm CST

Canada remains “cautiously optimistic” that the U.S. government will repeal its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law before the Canadian and Mexican governments impose retaliatory tariffs. Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking Wednesday from Nairobi on a conference call with reporters, said she was “not going to go into hypotheticals” about Canada’s […]

By Reuters