Insights and Stories on International

Crop tour in Russia, Ukraine finds mid-sized farms under pressure

Apr. 30, 2015 at 12:31 pm CDT

Conflict in Ukraine has left the country’s farmers in a tight spot, as they’ve told agronomist Mike Lee. Lee, who grew up in the U.K. but has managed large farms in Ukraine and worked in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, traveled 5,000 km through Ukraine and Russia in late March, evaluating winter […]

PotashCorp, Mosaic profits climb less than expected

Apr. 30, 2015 at 12:01 pm CDT

By Reuters

Russia looks set to extend import ban on Western food

Apr. 30, 2015 at 11:49 am CDT

By Polina Devitt

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean/corn ratio too wide, expected to narrow

Apr. 29, 2015 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hogs extend gains with cash, pork prices

Apr. 29, 2015 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, helped by advances in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. May closed 1.575 cents per pound higher at 75.325 cents, and June was up 1.3 cents at 81.2 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

Apr. 28, 2015 at 7:18 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– EU governments backed on Tuesday new measures to stop the spread of a bacterial disease that has attacked Italy’s olive oil production, the European Commission said. The new measures mean EU countries must reveal all outbreaks in the European Union, carry out official surveys and destroy […]

By Reuters

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. The Arkansas-based chicken and meat company also said Tuesday it is working […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat higher on short-covering after nearly five-year low

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures were narrowly higher on Tuesday, rising in a short-covering bounce after tumbling to their lowest levels since June of 2010 earlier in the session. Bargain buying, coupled with a weaker dollar, offset pressure from stable U.S. crop conditions and recent rains in dry […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound, hogs move up

Apr. 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Tuesday, erasing Monday’s losses aided by short-covering and futures’ discounts to cash prices a week ago, traders said. April ended up 0.525 cent per pound to 161 cents, and June 0.85 cent higher at 151.125 cents (all figures […]

By Theopolis Waters