Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn creep higher as investors trim bearish bets

Sep. 4, 2015 at 3:25 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago wheat edged higher after touching a five-year low on Friday, and corn also inched up as investors covered short positions in both grains after recent declines. The nearby contract for wheat finished with its fourth straight weekly loss in the face of stiff export competition from northern […]

Syngenta to sell vegetable seeds operations

Sep. 4, 2015 at 2:07 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise, but off session highs

Sep. 3, 2015 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Fertilizer markets seen holding relatively steady

Sep. 3, 2015 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

El Nino seen pushing Argentina into planting more soy, less corn

Sep. 3, 2015 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Hugh Bronstein

U.S. grains: Ample stocks, poor exports push wheat to multi-year lows

Sep. 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank to multi-year lows on Thursday, weighed down by ample supplies and weak demand for U.S. exports, traders said. A hefty supply base also sparked a sell-off in corn, which hit its lowest level since mid-June, while soybeans sagged on technical selling and […]

By Mark Weinraub

Australian sheep unofficially world’s woolliest

Sep. 3, 2015 at 11:58 am CDT

Sydney | Reuters — Around 40 kilograms (88 lbs.) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said Thursday, making him unofficially the world’s woolliest. The animal, named Chris by his rescuers, was discovered on the northern outskirts of Canberra on Wednesday and was […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans bearish on economic woes

Sep. 3, 2015 at 12:21 am CDT

CNS Canada — CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) corn and soybean futures have abandoned fundamental trading in favour of moving alongside macro-markets, which for the most part are bearish. “It’s not all doom and gloom, but it sure isn’t pretty right now,” said Scott Capinegro, president at Barrington Commodity Brokers. […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: Brisk pork demand pushes CME lean hogs higher

Sep. 2, 2015 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs closed up more than two per cent Wednesday on short-covering after a third straight session of wholesale pork price gains, traders said. Spot October closed 1.8 cents/lb. higher at 69.775 cents, and December up 1.7 cents at 64.675 (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Hard wheat hits eight-year low on plentiful supplies

Sep. 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank on Wednesday, weighed down by signs of abundant supplies and dim prospects for U.S. exports, traders said. The front-month K.C. hard red winter wheat contract shed 2.5 per cent and hit its lowest in more than eight years, while the most actively […]

By Mark Weinraub