Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat close higher after Fed statement

Mar. 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean, wheat and corn futures rose on Wednesday, with the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will be less patient in normalizing monetary policy jolting the market to session highs late in the trading day. Bargain buying and short covering also were supportive factors for the […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close higher, hogs lower

Mar. 18, 2015 at 3:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

California tightens water regulations amid long drought

Mar. 18, 2015 at 6:05 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. farmers seen cutting back on pricey fertilizers

Mar. 18, 2015 at 3:19 am CDT

By Christine Stebbins

Chile’s campaign finance scandal fells fertilizer firm’s CEO

Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:38 pm CDT

By Rosalba O'Brien

Oregon declares drought emergency as snowpack levels drop

Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:26 pm CDT

Portland | Reuters — Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snowpack levels. The declarations in Oregon come as much of the U.S. West grapples with severe drought conditions. […]

By Shelby Sebens

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

Mar. 17, 2015 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures sagged 1.5 per cent to their lowest in almost five months on Tuesday, with export demand for U.S. supplies fading amid the expanding harvest in Argentina and Brazil, traders said. “The fundamentals are not friendly here; the South American crops are coming in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle turn up on beef prices, hogs mixed

Mar. 17, 2015 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday erased some of Monday’s losses, supported by short-covering in response to strong wholesale beef values, traders said. April closed up 0.375 cent per pound, to 153.575 cents, and June 0.5 cent higher at 145.475 cents (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Feared plant disease found on Australian banana farm

Mar. 17, 2015 at 11:51 am CDT

Sydney | Reuters — An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country’s A$550 million (C$537 million) industry. The so-called Tropical Race 4 strain of Panama disease was confirmed at a farm in Tully in […]

By Colin Packham

Wayne Farms files for IPO

Mar. 17, 2015 at 11:45 am CDT

Reuters — Wayne Farms, the sixth-largest poultry producer in the U.S., has filed with U.S. regulators in an initial public offering of common stock. Wayne Farms is a subsidiary of Continental Grain, one of the largest privately-held corporations in the U.S. Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and BMO Capital Markets are underwriting […]

By Reuters