Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Technical sales, rain outlook pressure wheat

Apr. 6, 2015 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell on Monday on a round of technical selling after posting their biggest weekly gain in 3-1/2 months, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also were weaker, pressured by robust global supplies and profit taking after posting modest gains during the overnight trading […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end down, hogs up

Apr. 6, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Meredith Davis

Canada blocking poultry from Montana, South Dakota

Apr. 4, 2015 at 2:17 am CDT

By Staff

Russia may extend tax on wheat exports, deputy PM says

Apr. 4, 2015 at 1:06 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits six-week high on dry weather worries

Apr. 2, 2015 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up, hogs mixed

Apr. 2, 2015 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed higher on Thursday as expectations of steady-to-higher cash trade later this week lifted futures, traders said. April closed 1.225 cents per pound higher at 163.025 cents and June closed 1.15 cents/lb. higher at 153.375 cents (all figures US$). “The market […]

By Meredith Davis

H5N2 avian flu arrives in South Dakota

Apr. 2, 2015 at 2:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A virulent strain of avian flu has spread for the first time to poultry in South Dakota and infected a fourth turkey flock in Minnesota, the nation’s top turkey producer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The latest infections of H5N2 flu show the virus, […]

By Tom Polansek

California orders 25 per cent reduction in water usage

Apr. 1, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Reuters — California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25 per cent. The cutbacks, to be implemented by state and local water agencies, will affect consumers and […]

By Reuters

U.S. CFTC sues Kraft, Mondelez over alleged wheat price manipulation

Apr. 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday charged Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez International with manipulation of prices of wheat used in products such as Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies. The regulator alleged that Kraft and Mondelez bought $90 million of wheat futures, or a six-month supply, […]

By Anjali Athavaley douwe-miedema

CBOT weekly: Corn, soy look to test post-report floors, ceilings

Apr. 1, 2015 at 4:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures saw choppy activity over the past week as traders had spent much of the period positioning themselves ahead of the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report. That choppiness is expected to continue as the market […]

By Dave Sims