Insights and Stories on International

Japan, White House rule out re-opening TPP pact

Nov. 10, 2015 at 8:19 pm CST

Reuters — Japan and the Obama administration on Tuesday rejected calls from some U.S. lawmakers to consider re-opening a Pacific trade deal and said any renegotiation attempt could scupper the whole pact. “Renegotiation is not an option,” Caroline Atkinson, Obama’s deputy national security adviser for international economics, said on a […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans likely headed down, corn sideways

Nov. 10, 2015 at 5:53 pm CST

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, feeders fall to contract lows on fund selling

Nov. 10, 2015 at 5:31 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Canada’s new ag minister pledges to listen to farmers

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:38 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sink to new lows after bearish USDA report

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:19 pm CST

By Karl Plume

World corn stocks hit record high on cut in China use: USDA

Nov. 10, 2015 at 4:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture unexpectedly revised its global coarse grain supply estimate on Tuesday, saying Chinese feed millers were using feeds other than corn at a higher rate than previously thought over the past three years. Along with an increase in USDA’s 2015 U.S. corn […]

By Karl Plume

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

Nov. 10, 2015 at 1:06 pm CST

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it […]

By Allan Dawson

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles on profit-taking

Nov. 9, 2015 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Monday on profit-taking and improving weather in some key wheat producing areas amid concerns that increasing global supplies will restrict U.S. wheat export demand. Corn futures fell for a third straight session and hit a two-month […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Technical trading, holiday fears sour hog, cattle futures

Nov. 9, 2015 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The Chicago Mercantile Exchange saw all of its live cattle and all but two feeder cattle futures contracts fall by the daily trading limit on Monday, pressured by technical selling and weakening wholesale beef prices, traders and industry analysts said. Meanwhile, CME lean hog contracts continued […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

CP said exploring Norfolk Southern takeover

Nov. 9, 2015 at 3:51 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) is looking to acquire U.S. peer Norfolk Southern, business news service Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Canada’s second-largest railroad operator has already raised financing and held early-stage merger talks with Norfolk Southern, Bloomberg reported, citing two of the people. Freight […]

By Reuters