Insights and Stories on International

U.S. hopes to wrap up Pacific trade deal, fast-track soon

Mar. 26, 2015 at 12:13 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Thursday a Pacific trade agreement can be wrapped up in months and urged lawmakers to quickly move ahead with key trade legislation. Froman said although there was no firm deadline to conclude the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, “we do feel […]

CWB sees global grain crops falling back from records

Mar. 25, 2015 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast, corn hits three-week high

Mar. 25, 2015 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle pare early losses after beef price hike

Mar. 25, 2015 at 4:20 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Fighters target vital water facilities across Middle East

Mar. 25, 2015 at 12:27 pm CDT

By stephanie-nebehay

Kraft to combine with Heinz in deal led by 3G, Buffett

Mar. 25, 2015 at 11:29 am CDT

Reuters — Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz, owned by 3G Capital and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is acquiring a majority stake in Kraft Foods Group to create the third-largest North American food company, executives said on Wednesday. Shares of Kraft — which operates 35 plants in Canada, the U.S. and Puerto […]

By Anjali Athavaley Sruthi Ramakrishnan

Monsanto seeks retraction for report linking herbicide to cancer

Mar. 24, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Reuters — Monsanto, maker of the world’s most widely used herbicide, Roundup, wants an international health organization to retract a report linking the product’s chief ingredient to cancer. The company said Tuesday that the report, issued on Friday by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), […]

By Carey Gillam

More room off lows seen for U.S. wheat futures

Mar. 24, 2015 at 5:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– U.S. wheat futures have trended higher over the past few weeks and still have some more room to the upside, as weather concerns for the country’s winter wheat crop and the need to bring acres to spring wheat should provide some support, according to an analyst. Given […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Marubeni to close Australian grain business

Mar. 24, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

Sydney/Hamburg | Reuters — Japan’s Marubeni Corp. is to close its Australian grain trading business after a review of its global operations. The move “is not in any way reflective of the performance of Marubeni Australia’s grain trading business division, which has been trading profitably for the past three years,” […]

By Colin Packham Michael Hogan

Guenther: ‘Full story’ sought on crop health in Ukraine, Russia

Mar. 24, 2015 at 5:05 pm CDT

Given the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, the country might seem like a risky place to conduct a 10-day crop tour. But Mike Lee’s confident he can pull it off. “A lot of people think we’re completely nuts for going there. But to me, it’s not that crazy. It’s a […]

By Lisa Guenther