Insights and Stories on International

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise to six-week high on Brazil, weather woes

Feb. 24, 2015 at 3:36 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybeans rose to a six-week high on Tuesday on the potential for increased U.S. demand as world buyers worry about supply disruptions in Brazil because of a trucker strike and rains stalling harvest, traders said. Additional support stemmed from a tight supply […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again with cash prices

Feb. 24, 2015 at 3:08 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide to near three-week lows as dollar firms

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:52 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins

‘Extreme’ volatility expected in wheat markets this spring

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:43 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

Global durum crops in good shape, for now

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:38 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on cash prices, port dispute end

Feb. 23, 2015 at 3:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Monday on strong cash prices and the resumption of cargo loading following Friday’s West Coast port labour agreement, traders said. CME hogs drew more support from the dockworker deal because the U.S. exports more pork than beef and […]

By Theopolis Waters

UN team investigates Saudi surge in deadly MERS virus

Feb. 21, 2015 at 2:20 pm CST

London | Reuters –– An international team of United Nations human and animal health experts has flown to Saudi Arabia to investigate a recent surge in cases of a deadly virus causing Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Speaking from Riyadh on Friday, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization-led team […]

By Kate Kelland

Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

Feb. 21, 2015 at 10:14 am CST

Los Angeles | Reuters — A group of shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union clinched a tentative labour deal on Friday after nine months of negotiations, settling a dispute that disrupted the flow of cargo through 29 U.S. West Coast ports and snarled trans-Pacific maritime trade with Asia. The […]

By Steve Gorman

Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– Chief negotiators for a Pacific trade deal will meet in Hawaii for talks in the second week of March, the U.S. trade office said Friday, a move which could delay a final agreement on the pact. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said on Feb. 5 he […]

By Reuters

Brazilian grain trucker blockade continues, threatens harvest

Feb. 20, 2015 at 7:32 pm CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Truckers protesting high diesel prices in Brazil used road blocks to restrict the flow of soy, corn and other commodities in a key grain-growing region for a third day on Friday, threatening what is expected to be a record harvest. A group of transport companies […]

By Gustavo Bonato