Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble after USDA hikes U.S. yield forecasts

Aug. 12, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures plunged six per cent and both corn and soybeans briefly fell their respective daily limits on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised traders by raising its estimates for domestic corn and soybean crops in a monthly report. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slump on fund selling, cash unease

Aug. 12, 2015 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA sees bumper corn, soy crops despite floods

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

Aug. 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

CVR to buy Rentech arm in N fertilizer merger

Aug. 11, 2015 at 6:34 pm CDT

Reuters — Nitrogen fertilizer producer CVR Partners said Monday it would buy Rentech Nitrogen Partners for US$533 million, excluding debt, as global fertilizer makers scale up at a time when increased supplies weigh on nitrogen prices. The deal creates North America’s fifth-largest nitrogen producer, vaulting the companies past Norway-based Yara […]

By Amrutha Gayathri Rishika Sadam

After food, now Russia burns Dutch flowers

Aug. 11, 2015 at 6:18 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– A week after angering many in Russia by burning illegally imported Western food, authorities have started feeding Dutch flowers to the flames. Officials say blooms from the Netherlands, which supplies much of Russia’s US$2.5 billion flower market, pose safety risks because they may be infected. Critics […]

By Gabriela Baczynska Valery Stepchenkov

U.S. grains: Corn follows broad weakness as crop ratings stabilize

Aug. 11, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday from two-week highs as stable crop ratings eased concerns about dry Midwest weather, while China’s devaluation of the yuan led to broad weakness in commodity markets. Wheat also slipped, one day after rallying in step with corn and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs finish mixed

Aug. 11, 2015 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished mixed on Tuesday, supported by futures’ discounts to CME’s recent hog index at US78.9 cents, but pressured by weak cash and wholesale pork values, traders said. Spot-August futures, which will expire on Aug. 14, closed up 0.075 cent/lb. at 76.725 […]

By Theopolis Waters

Russia to add more countries to food import ban list

Aug. 11, 2015 at 11:31 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia said on Tuesday it planned to add new countries to the list of those from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich did not name the countries to be […]

By Reuters