Insights and Stories on International

Number of hungry people worldwide drops below 800M, U.N. says

May. 27, 2015 at 8:16 pm CDT

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation –– The number of people in the world still going to bed hungry 15 years after the U.N. placed eradicating hunger and extreme poverty at the top of its Millennium Development Goals has dropped to 795 million, according to a report released on Wednesday. The […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy under pressure amid abundant supplies

May. 27, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks to two-week low on winter crop rating

May. 27, 2015 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle shrug off early weakness

May. 27, 2015 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Supply-managed sectors bolster defenses against TPP

May. 26, 2015 at 8:48 pm CDT

By Krista Hughes

Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

May. 26, 2015 at 8:24 pm CDT

All feed corn coming to Canada from India is now going to be held and tested for aflatoxin, as high levels of the toxins have recently turned up in organic corn from the country. Importers of corn — organic or otherwise — from India, starting immediately, first must sample the […]

By Staff

U.S. bird flu virus seen under control within a few months

May. 26, 2015 at 6:14 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within a few months as the U.S. steps up measures to contain the virus and the summer weather weakens it, senior officials said on Tuesday. There is, […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

El Nino seen bringing drought to Brazil’s north, heavy rains to south

May. 26, 2015 at 5:20 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil will likely experience a moderate El Nino by the end of the year, bringing steady rain to the country’s main grain-producing regions and sustained drought in the arid north, the national meteorological institute, Inmet, said. Inmet meteorologist Fabricio Daniel dos Santos Silva said six […]

By Caroline Stauffer

Russian ag ministry proposes new wheat export duty formula

May. 26, 2015 at 4:50 pm CDT

Donskoy | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had finalized the methodology for the calculation of a wheat export duty that will be introduced from July 1. It has proposed exporters pay a duty of one rouble per tonne on wheat priced up to 11,000 roubles (C$268) […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges on dollar rally, technical selling

May. 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures plunged more than four per cent on Tuesday as pressure from a strong dollar and technical selling outweighed concerns about crop damage due to heavy rain in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn prices slid about 1.5 per cent on spillover weakness from tumbling […]

By Karl Plume