Insights and Stories on International

U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:54 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu in chickens and turkeys. The U.S. wants China to limit trade only from states or regions that have had cases […]

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Reuters

China’s wine growers beat France into second place

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Chipotle goes GMO-free in first for U.S. fast-food sector

Apr. 27, 2015 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall to six-month lows on weather

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat after USDA report

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, partly in response to Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. Friday’s report showed a bigger-than-anticipated movement of cattle into feedlots last month compared to a year ago. March’s increased […]

By Theopolis Waters

ADM to upgrade crush plants for soy

Apr. 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm CDT

Archer Daniels Midland plans to get ahead of increased soy acreage on the Prairies by upgrading two crushing plants to handle more soybeans. The U.S. agrifood firm said Monday it will upgrade its processing plant at Enderlin, N.D., about 80 km southwest of Fargo, to crush soybeans as well as […]

By Staff

More cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in March than expected

Apr. 25, 2015 at 9:50 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots last month was higher than expected due to an increase in the number of cattle that had grazed on pastures over the past few months, a government report showed on Friday. Cattle that had been fattened outside of […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle climb ahead of USDA report

Apr. 24, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted significant gains Friday on fund buying and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly Cattle-on-Feed report at 2 p.m. CT, traders said. Analysts expect Friday’s report to show fewer cattle entered feedyards last month than a year […]

By Theopolis Waters

Hit by beef ban, Indian butchers eye Jersey cows

Apr. 24, 2015 at 11:57 am CDT

Mumbai | Reuters –– Battling a beef ban that has threatened their livelihoods, Muslim traders in India are seeking permission to slaughter foreign-origin Jersey cows they think will not be as sacred to the country’s majority Hindus as locally bred cattle. Several states led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata […]

By Meenakshi Sharma