Insights and Stories on International

USDA sees farmers boosting corn, cutting soy acreage

Dec. 11, 2015 at 8:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday forecast that U.S. farmers will raise corn plantings and cut back on soybean acreage in the 2016-17 marketing year. USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist estimated that farmers would seed 90.5 million acres of corn during the spring, 2.1 million more […]

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans end week with losses

Dec. 11, 2015 at 6:31 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Bearish fundamental outlook pressures CME live cattle

Dec. 11, 2015 at 6:10 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Dow, DuPont to merge in deal to create chem giant

Dec. 11, 2015 at 9:26 am CST

By Swetha Gopinath

Glencore shares jump on debt reduction moves, spending cuts

Dec. 10, 2015 at 4:03 pm CST

By olivia-kumwenda

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn extend rally on short-covering

Dec. 10, 2015 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures rose for the third straight day on Thursday, with investors who had made bearish bets on the grains scrambling to cover short positions as the market rallied, traders said. Soybeans also were firmer, but technical resistance and huge supplies kept the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Short-covering boosts CME live, feeder cattle

Dec. 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Thursday, driven by short-covering that gradually gave way to this week’s lower cash prices and lacklustre wholesale beef demand, traders said. Spot December closed 1.7 cents/lb. higher at 121.55 cents, and February up 2.375 cents, to 126.525 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Monsanto-backed panel says glyphosate not carcinogenic

Dec. 10, 2015 at 2:15 am CST

Reuters — A panel of scientists is disputing a World Health Organization report published earlier this year that concluded glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer and main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is probably carcinogenic to humans. The 16-member panel, assembled by Intertek Scientific and Regulatory Consultancy, was […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn hold in trading range

Dec. 9, 2015 at 4:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — Supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture held few surprises and had only limited effects on Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybeans — both rangebound in the short term, according to one U.S.-based analyst. “That report was pretty non-eventful right now,” said Scott […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on weaker dollar, stocks check corn

Dec. 9, 2015 at 2:35 pm CST

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rose on Wednesday, as short-covering and a weaker U.S. dollar buoyed prices after a two-day slide, while a U.S. government report held corn in check. Corn eked out only a tiny gain, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its outlook for domestic corn supplies […]

By Rod Nickel