Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound on tight stocks, persistent demand

May. 22, 2014 at 2:26 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose more than two per cent for their biggest daily gain in eight months on Wednesday in a bargain-buying bounce from the prior session’s steep declines and on concerns about tight U.S. supplies ahead of the autumn harvest. Corn futures were mixed after […]

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME hog futures

May. 22, 2014 at 1:47 am CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. won’t move on COOL before WTO does, Ritz says

May. 21, 2014 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Prairie wheat cash bids down with sharply lower U.S. futures

May. 21, 2014 at 11:09 am CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Ardent Mills j.v. clears U.S. antitrust review

May. 21, 2014 at 12:07 am CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on fund selling, good planting weather

May. 20, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Soybean futures fell on Tuesday in a profit-taking setback after hitting a 2-1/2 week high and as farmers were expected to accelerate spring planting under mild and mostly dry weather across the Midwest farm belt. Corn futures slumped for a fifth straight session and hit a […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking undercuts CME live cattle

May. 20, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking in anticipation of steady-to-lower prices for market-ready or cash cattle this week, traders said. Plant closures during the U.S. Memorial Day holiday will lessen their need for supplies, they said. Processors curbed slaughters […]

By Theopolis Waters

Red wine a winning investment in 20th century

May. 20, 2014 at 3:08 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Forget government bonds, fine art and even stamps: red wine outperformed them all over the 20th century. At least that’s what research by a team of academics from the University of Cambridge, HEC Paris and Vanderbilt University of Nashville shows. The Warren Buffetts of the fine […]

By Guy Faulconbridge

COOL comes under fire in U.S. appeals court

May. 20, 2014 at 2:40 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Obama administration’s argument for keeping its labeling requirements in place for meat vendors is too broad and would give regulators too much power over how goods are labeled, judges in a U.S. appeals court said on Monday. The D.C. Circuit Court heard argument from the […]

By Julia Edwards

U.S. grains: Corn slumps on planting progress, soy up on tight supply

May. 20, 2014 at 3:08 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped for a fourth straight session on Monday, to their lowest level since March as periods of warm dry weather this week should accelerate planting across the Midwest after weeks of rain delays and unseasonable cold. Soybeans rallied along with surging soymeal futures […]

By Karl Plume