Insights and Stories on International

Suits stack up over alleged Roundup cancer link

Oct. 17, 2015 at 5:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Personal injury law firms around the U.S. are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could be “mass tort” actions against agrichemical giant Monsanto that claim the company’s Roundup herbicide has caused cancer in farm workers and others exposed to the chemical. The latest lawsuit was filed Wednesday in […]

U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence

Oct. 17, 2015 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

Villagers in India kill Muslim accused of smuggling cows

Oct. 17, 2015 at 9:48 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. EPA launches probe into benefits of biofuels program

Oct. 16, 2015 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice

U.S. grains: Wheat falls below $5 on global supply, forecasts

Oct. 16, 2015 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle limit up on strong cash prices

Oct. 16, 2015 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures climbed sharply on Friday, with October settling up the three cents per pound daily price limit, ignited by short-covering after initial cash prices beat expectations. Spot October closed at 135.95 cents/lb. and December rose 2.875 cents, to 139.425 (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

Global markets: Kenya prompted to cut back on spending

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada, Oct. 16 — The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. KENYA PROMPTED TO CUT EXPENDITURE BY IMF AND WORLD BANK – The World Bank and International Monetary Fund advised the Kenyan government to stop spending on non-priority projects. The country’s treasury has been borrowing […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulses: Mexican pinto bean crop to curb U.S. exports

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday morning, Oct. 16. • There is good demand for chickpeas in the cash market as supplies are very limited due to festival season going on in India. The government has issued a fresh […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed: Ukraine, U.S. corn harvest advancing

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 16. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Friday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.74 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports […]

By MarketsFarm Team

TPP not the death of supply management, N.Z. trade chief says

Oct. 15, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

Hamilton, N.Z. | MCO — Canada’s supply-managed sectors should not worry about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, from where New Zealand’s Trade Minister Tim Groser sits. “I can understand why producer groups would wish to perceive this in a different way, but this is not the end of supply management,” he said […]

By Shannon VanRaes