Insights and Stories on International

Diesel prices seen softening soon

Jul. 7, 2015 at 6:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian diesel prices should go down between now and the end of the summer, according to a fuel expert. Since early May, the price of diesel across the Prairies has largely been in and around the 94-98 cents per litre range. Tom Kloza of the Oil Price […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher after wild ride

Jul. 7, 2015 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

For Chicago futures traders, one final round in the ring

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on improved U.S. weather, Greece jitters

Jul. 6, 2015 at 4:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog supplies, post-holiday slump cool CME futures

Jul. 6, 2015 at 3:45 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

PotashCorp says can address K+S concerns about tie-up

Jul. 3, 2015 at 7:18 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Canada’s PotashCorp said it was confident of addressing concerns raised by K+S over its 7.9 billion euro (C$11 billion) takeover proposal for the German potash miner, giving K+S’s stock a boost. K+S rejected PotashCorp’s proposed bid as too low on Thursday, saying its suitor could be […]

By Reuters

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

Jul. 3, 2015 at 10:37 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders […]

By Gus Trompiz

U.S. wheat futures seen stalling

Jul. 3, 2015 at 12:31 am CDT

CNS Canada –– U.S. wheat futures posted solid gains over the month of June but appear to be stalling out in the early days of July as the market looks for more fresh supportive news. “The bull needs to be fed every day, and right now it’s not getting anything […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part […]

By Alexander Saeedy

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:34 pm CDT

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and […]

By Carey Gillam