Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans surge on falling dollar

Mar. 20, 2015 at 3:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat futures rallied on Friday as investors used a sharp drop in the dollar as an excuse to cover short positions ahead of the weekend, traders said. Investment funds had built up short positions in all three commodities at the beginning of […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rise before USDA report

Mar. 20, 2015 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Andersons shares up after report hints Glencore interest

Mar. 20, 2015 at 2:06 pm CDT

By Reuters

No relief in sight for U.S. West’s drought in spring outlook

Mar. 19, 2015 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Christine Stebbins

Britain backs Zimbabwe to help rural farmers

Mar. 19, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop as dollar rises

Mar. 19, 2015 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Thursday, pressured by strength in the dollar that threatened to further chill already cool demand for U.S. exports, traders said. “It was all about the U.S. dollar today, as the night session gapped higher on big volume off dollar-related […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures hit five-year low as supply trumps demand

Mar. 19, 2015 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures sank to their lowest level in five years on Thursday, given ample supplies versus slack pork demand, said traders and analysts. “Pork demand never recuperated from the high prices we had in the past,” said EBOTTrading.com senior analyst John Kleist. […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. reports low-path H7N3 bird flu in California

Mar. 19, 2015 at 10:22 am CDT

Paris | Reuters –– The United States has reported a mild form of bird flu on a turkey farm in California, the World Organisztion for Animal Health (OIE) said Wednesday, the latest in a series of outbreaks to hit the U.S. poultry industry in recent months. The U.S. Department of […]

By Reuters

SQM stock plummets after directors from PotashCorp resign

Mar. 19, 2015 at 10:17 am CDT

Reuters — Shares in Chilean fertilizer group SQM plunged Wednesday after three board representatives from Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp resigned in protest at its handling of an illicit payments scandal that has shaken the Chilean establishment. SQM vice-chairman Wayne Brownlee, the chief financial officer at PotashCorp, and two directors stepped down late […]

By Rod Nickel Rosalba O'Brien

Monsanto settles more U.S. farmer claims over GM wheat

Mar. 18, 2015 at 4:42 pm CDT

The 2013 discovery of experimental Roundup Ready wheat plants in a farmer’s field in Oregon has led the crop’s developer to settle suits brought by wheat growers in seven U.S. states. Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it had reached a settlement agreement with growers in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana […]

By Staff