Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. sets new ground beef procedures to stop E. coli outbreaks

Aug. 13, 2014 at 4:30 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced new procedures for detecting and removing unsafe ground beef from grocery stores and suppliers, as part of efforts to prevent potentially deadly illnesses caused by contaminated meat. The move “will allow the agency to trace contaminated ground beef […]

U.S. grains: Soy dips as harvest expected to exceed forecasts

Aug. 13, 2014 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China halts some U.S. pork imports over feed additive use

Aug. 13, 2014 at 1:11 am CDT

Churchill throughput helps ease demand for railcars

Aug. 13, 2014 at 12:32 am CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall sharply with initial cash prices

Aug. 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall after USDA pegs bigger supplies

Aug. 12, 2014 at 4:14 pm CDT

Reuters — Soybean futures slid on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected that domestic supplies of the oilseed would be bigger than expected at the end of the next marketing year. Chicago wheat futures were pressured by the department’s higher view on global stocks, while corn futures turned […]

By Rod Nickel

USDA projects record U.S. corn, soybean production

Aug. 12, 2014 at 11:42 am CDT

Reuters — U.S. corn production will crack the 14-billion-bushel mark for the first time in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday, but the crop was slightly below trade expectations, potentially giving a bullish kick to the beaten-down corn futures market. At 14.03 billion bushels, the estimated crop […]

By Ros Krasny

Drozd: Classic head-and-shoulders top signals end to bull soybean market

Aug. 12, 2014 at 12:43 am CDT

The November 2014 soybean futures contract has lost over US$2 per bushel in the past two months. Once prices dropped below $12, a classic chart formation referred to as a head-and-shoulders top was completed and prices quickly plunged to the pattern’s minimum price objective of $11.31. The head-and-shoulders top is […]

By David Drozd

What’s left on the menu? Russian restaurateurs wrangle with food ban

Aug. 11, 2014 at 6:08 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Moscow’s sweeping sanctions on European food have sent Russian restaurateurs, retail chains and food producers scrambling for alternative supplies and bracing for Soviet-style shortages. The tit-for-tat trade restrictions — a response to U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Russia’s actions in Ukraine — have hurt farmers […]

By Alissa de Carbonnel Olga Petrova

Russia’s sanctions no surprise for pork industry

Aug. 11, 2014 at 5:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Russian sanctions implemented last week halting food imports from the U.S., Canada and the European Union have jarred Canada’s pork industry, which exports a large amount of product to Russia annually. “It’s quite a significant impact in terms of the disruption it creates,” said Martin Rice, executive […]

By Marney Blunt