Insights and Stories on International

Storm suspected of carrying new corn disease into U.S.

Sep. 23, 2015 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A tropical storm could have carried the corn disease tar spot into the heart of the U.S. farm belt for the first time, as winds and rain blew in from Latin America, researchers told Reuters. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed cases of tar spot […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down to two-year low

Sep. 23, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Syria needs more wheat, despite healthy harvest

Sep. 23, 2015 at 2:45 pm CDT

By maha-el-dahan

McDonald’s cage-free egg pledge pressures farmers

Sep. 22, 2015 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits

Sep. 22, 2015 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Reuters

Peanut company CEO sentenced for salmonella outbreak

Sep. 22, 2015 at 5:54 pm CDT

Albany, Ga.| Reuters –– The former owner of Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a salmonella outbreak linked to nine deaths. In a rare case of criminal prosecution linked to food contamination, Stewart Parnell, the former […]

By Rich McKay

Iran cancels import duties on wheat, barley

Sep. 22, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Dubai/Moscow | Reuters — Iran has canceled import duties it imposed on wheat and barley in July, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The document said the import duties ended on Sept. 6 for wheat and on Aug. 22 for barley. It gave no reason for […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, under pressure from the expanding harvest around the U.S. Midwest as well as some profit-taking after rallying on Monday, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, but losses were kept in check as bargain buyers stepped into the market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle grind to 16-month low

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday quietly slid to their lowest level since late May 2014, pressured by seasonally sluggish wholesale beef demand, traders said. Global economic worries that sent U.S. stocks tumbling, which triggered selling across various commodities. Monday’s CME live cattle rally […]

By Theopolis Waters

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault

Sep. 21, 2015 at 8:15 pm CDT

Oslo | Reuters –– Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said Monday. The seeds, including samples of wheat, barley and grasses suited to dry regions, have been requested by researchers elsewhere […]

By alister-doyle