Insights and Stories on International

Study shows cooler Pacific slowed global warming, briefly

Feb. 26, 2015 at 7:21 pm CST

Oslo | Reuters — A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global warming in the past decade but the pause is unlikely to last much longer, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. The slowdown in the rate of rising temperatures, from faster gains in the 1980s and […]

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking breaks CME hogs’ six-day win streak

Feb. 26, 2015 at 4:00 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Brazil warns of fines for striking truckers

Feb. 26, 2015 at 3:50 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on Brazilian truck strike

Feb. 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

IGC sees smaller global wheat, corn crops in 2015-16

Feb. 26, 2015 at 9:46 am CST

By Reuters

CBOT soy seen weakening as soon as Brazil’s logistics improve

Feb. 25, 2015 at 5:29 pm CST

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as continued good export demand for U.S. soybeans was bullish. Brazil’s slower than normal harvest pace and its logistics problems related to a trucker strike both led to strong export demand for the […]

By Terryn Shiells

ADM cuts biodiesel output as industry hit by weak margins

Feb. 25, 2015 at 5:10 pm CST

Winnipeg/New York | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland , one of the world’s top biofuels producers, has slowed North American biodiesel output, the latest sign the industry is battling uncertainty over U.S. renewable fuel policy while the oil rout curbs demand. The Chicago-based agri business has “temporarily” shifted production at […]

By Chris Prentice Rod Nickel

Brazil truck strike grinds into second week, port access cleared

Feb. 25, 2015 at 4:57 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Truckers staged nearly 100 roadblocks across Brazil’s farm belt on Wednesday as protests stretched into their eighth day, though access to the country’s biggest port was cleared after police clashed with protesters who had briefly halted traffic there. The steadily widening blockades have sparked growing […]

By Marcelo Teixeira Reese Ewing

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on easing concerns about Brazil truck strike

Feb. 25, 2015 at 4:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybeans retreated on Wednesday from a six-week high earlier this week, on prospects for an imminent end to the Brazilian truck drivers’ strike which had threatened exports just as the country’s massive soybean crop was entering world markets. CBOT wheat also fell […]

By Christine Stebbins

U.S. livestock: CME hogs post more gains on cash prices

Feb. 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs posted their sixth straight higher settlement on Wednesday as prices for market-ready (cash) hogs edged upward, traders said. April futures closed 0.75 cent per pound higher at 69.325 cents, and May up 2.85 cents at 81.9 cents (all figures US$). Wednesday […]

By Theopolis Waters