Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures drop on Chinese manufacturing woes

Sep. 1, 2015 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures fell sharply on Tuesday on concerns that commodity purchases from China will slow as that country’s economy softens, traders said. Wheat futures edged higher despite worries about the viability of U.S. exports as investment funds covered short […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle take biggest drop in four months

Sep. 1, 2015 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

This year’s El Nino could be strongest on record

Sep. 1, 2015 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Tom Miles

Chipotle sued over GMO-free menu claims

Sep. 1, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

By Reuters

Syngenta may seek partners, j.v. after product review

Aug. 31, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat post monthly loss

Aug. 31, 2015 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures edged higher on Monday on a round of end-of-month short covering while wheat was mixed and corn settled close to unchanged, traders said. Corn, soybeans and wheat posted monthly losses during August, the second straight month of declines for all […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall, hogs rise on month-end trading

Aug. 31, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by weak wholesale beef values and profit-taking on the final trading session of the month, traders said. Spot-August futures, which expired at noon CT, settled 1.025 cents/lb. lower at 145.5 cents (all figures US$). October, […]

By Theopolis Waters

Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop

Aug. 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Monsanto said it would abide by Latvia’s and Greece’s requests under a new EU opt-out law to be excluded from its application to grow a genetically modified (GM) crop across the European Union, but accused them of ignoring science. Under a law signed in March individual […]

By barbara-lewis

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to three-month low on ample world supplies

Aug. 28, 2015 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a three-month low on Friday on signs that U.S. wheat is overpriced in a well-supplied global market, especially given strength in the U.S. dollar. Soybeans rose on worries about dry weather in parts of the Midwest and spillover […]

By Julie Ingwersen

YOUTH AG-SUMMIT:’Thought leaders’ consider farming’s future

Aug. 28, 2015 at 6:14 pm CDT

Sustainability, leadership and innovation in agriculture guided four days of learning, debating and discussion among young “thought leaders” from 33 countries at this week’s Youth Ag-Summit. The event, held in Canberra, Australia from Aug. 24 to 27, and organized by Bayer CropScience and the Australian youth organization Future Farmers Network, […]

By FBC staff