Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soy rallies to one-week high, wheat falls to one-month low

Apr. 15, 2015 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed to a one-week high on Wednesday on technical buying and data showing U.S. processors crushed more soybeans in March than analysts expected. Corn followed soybeans higher while wheat fell to a one-month low, extending this week’s losses on forecasts […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise again; hogs slump

Apr. 15, 2015 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. spring wheat seeding ahead of average pace

Apr. 14, 2015 at 8:02 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month low on rain in forecast

Apr. 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle jump with beef prices

Apr. 14, 2015 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat wanes as rain expected on Plains

Apr. 13, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell more than four per cent on Monday to the lowest in two weeks as forecasts for timely showers across dry U.S. crop regions eased concern over potential yield losses. Corn followed wheat lower, while soybeans fell on rising global […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Zone coverage set up around SW Ont. avian flu site

Apr. 13, 2015 at 5:09 pm CDT

The only farm in Canada now in the midst of an avian flu cleanup is the centre of a new control zone, meant to limit the flu’s spread and keep Canada’s trading partners at ease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Sunday announced it has set up an avian […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close firm

Apr. 13, 2015 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts advanced modestly on Monday, helped by short-covering and futures’ discounts to last week’s cash prices, traders said. April ended up 0.025 cent per pound to 158.825 cents, and June up 0.15 cent, to 148.95 cents (all figures US$). Last week, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

Apr. 10, 2015 at 8:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Sales of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. for use in livestock jumped by 20 per cent between 2009 and 2013, federal regulators said on Friday, although recent statements by producers suggest those figures could be dropping. Between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. EPA strikes deal on biofuel blending targets with oil groups

Apr. 10, 2015 at 8:07 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– Oil refiners who have complained that U.S. federal regulators missed deadlines to issue rules on blending renewable fuels into the nation’s supply of gasoline and diesel fuel are set to get long-awaited targets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under a deal the EPA announced Friday […]

By Reuters