Insights and Stories on International

Mosaic cuts potash output as demand slumps

Sep. 21, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. fertilizer company Mosaic Co. said Monday it would cut potash production and maintain its reduced phosphate output pace, lowering its outlook for sales. Delayed fertilizer purchases in Brazil and North America have weakened markets, along with volatile currency and equity markets and lower crop prices, Mosaic said […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Deal would let southern California buy surplus water from Nevada

Sep. 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm CDT

By Reuters

JBS to expand in processed foods, eyes Europe

Sep. 20, 2015 at 10:46 am CDT

By Reuters

Drought exposes cracks in Australia’s acclaimed water market

Sep. 20, 2015 at 10:17 am CDT

Sydney | Reuters — A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world’s driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds tensions between farmers and environmentalists. The three-year old management plan for the Murray-Darling basin, an […]

By Colin Packham

Exporters fear Brazil agents’ strike could hurt corn exports

Sep. 20, 2015 at 9:45 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A strike by Brazilian federal agricultural agents responsible for approving certificates required for shipments could affect Brazil’s corn exports, the director of the cereal exporters association Anec Sergio Mendes said Friday. Mendes said the strike that started on Thursday was “the worst thing that could […]

By roberto-samora

U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. agriculture officials seeking ways to control deadly bird flu have approved the use of a method to kill poultry by turning up the heat in their barns and shutting off ventilation systems. The Agriculture Department will consider using the method, condemned by animal rights groups […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as harvest looms; wheat firms

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday and were down about 0.8 per cent for the week as farmers prepared to harvest a bumper crop in the Midwest, traders said. Corn followed soybeans lower while wheat futures firmed on short covering, despite ample global supplies. At the […]

By Julie Ingwersen