Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn dip on disappointing exports, better weather

Aug. 6, 2015 at 3:23 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Soybean and corn futures slipped on Thursday, pressured by disappointing U.S. export sales, forecasts for mostly favorable Midwest weather and technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat rose on better-than-expected export sales. “We had a nice bounce in corn and soybeans, so it’s a technical […]

Russian ‘food crematoria’ spur outrage

Aug. 6, 2015 at 1:41 pm CDT

By Gabriela Baczynska

Fertilizer firm CF Industries to buy OCI assets

Aug. 6, 2015 at 1:24 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Shubhankar Chakravorty

ICE weekly outlook: Canola rises ahead of USDA report

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy to weaken as harvest nears

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:27 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed, hogs lower

Aug. 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled mixed on Wednesday after investors bought the August contract and sold deferred months prompted by the morning’s wholesale beef price increase, traders said. Spot-August futures closed 0.45 cent/lb. higher at 148.675 cents, and October was down 0.025 cent at 148.175 […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices advance on crop, weather worries

Aug. 5, 2015 at 2:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Wednesday as concerns about poor weather hurting autumn harvests fuelled a recovery from recent losses in the markets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a crop report on Aug. 12, may trim its U.S. soybean acreage and ending stocks […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. farm, consumer groups aim to block Monsanto bid for Syngenta

Aug. 4, 2015 at 7:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Several U.S. farm and consumer groups are working on strategies to derail a proposed tie-up of Monsanto and agricultural seeds and chemicals rival Syngenta, saying a combination of the market leaders would spell fewer and higher-priced products. Coalitions of opponents are being formed and market analyses being done, […]

By Carey Gillam

Japan wants N.Z. to make realistic offer on dairy goods

Aug. 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm CDT

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan wants New Zealand to offer realistic proposals on dairy products as part of 12-nation talks on a pan-Pacific trade agreement, a Japanese negotiator said Tuesday. Ministers failed last Friday to clinch a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal to free up trade after a dispute flared up […]

By Kaori Kaneko

U.S. grains: Corn bounces off six-week low prior to crop forecasts

Aug. 4, 2015 at 4:37 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Corn futures edged higher on Tuesday, recovering from a six-week low as bargain-buying and an outlook for drier U.S. weather offset pressure from comfortable global supply. Chicago wheat and nearby soybeans failed to hold earlier gains. Grains were supported by dry conditions in parts of the […]

By Rod Nickel