Insights and Stories on International

Global Markets: US GDP hits the brakes

Oct. 29, 2015 at 11:18 am CDT

WINNIPEG, October 29 – The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. US GDP GROWTH SLOWED IN THIRD-QUARTER Economic growth in the US halted sharply in the third-quarter, according to data released by the country’s Commerce Department. Gross domestic product increased at a 1.5 per cent annual […]

PULSES: India throws cold water on US inspection proposal

Oct. 29, 2015 at 11:14 am CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rally by 3-cents/lb price limit

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy nears three-week low on Brazil rains, demand worries

Oct. 28, 2015 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Global Markets: US Fed decision to be announced

Oct. 28, 2015 at 9:34 am CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

California considers adding meat to cancer-alert list

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:54 am CDT

Reuters — California is examining new World Health Organization findings to determine whether to add red meat and foods such as hot dogs, sausages and bacon to a cancer-alert list, setting the stage for a potential battle with the meat industry over warning labels. The inclusion of meat and processed […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

CME to raise feeder cattle index weight requirements

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group plans to increase the weight ranges for its feeder cattle index, which is associated with the feeder cattle futures contract, the exchange said in a statement on Tuesday. The amendment will become effective when the November 2016 contract is listed for trading on Nov. […]

By Reuters

Monsanto to shut three R+D centres next year

Oct. 27, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Agrichemical company Monsanto plans to shutter three research and development centers in 2016 with a loss of about 90 jobs, it said Monday, as it restructures operations to cut costs in a slumping agricultural commodity market. The centers are in Middleton, Wisconsin, and Mystic, Connecticut, both […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Brazil’s JBS considering slew of acquisitions

Oct. 27, 2015 at 7:50 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, is ready to take on a slew of acquisitions next year, chairman Joesley Batista said Tuesday. The Brazilian company controls assets in the U.S., Canada, Australia and other countries. Batista, speaking on the sidelines of a telecommunications industry […]

By Reuters

DuPont in talks with rivals about agribusiness

Oct. 27, 2015 at 6:33 pm CDT

Reuters — DuPont is talking to rivals about its agriculture business, interim CEO Edward Breen said Tuesday, less than a week after Dow Chemical announced a review of its farm chemicals and seeds unit. Falling crop prices and rising fertilizer output have triggered talk of consolidation among farm-focused companies. DuPont […]

By Sneha Banerjee Swetha Gopinath