Insights and Stories on Brazil

U.S. livestock: Warming weather, easing feed costs spur rallies

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rebounded on Tuesday as traders hoped that feed costs will remain under pressure following news U.S. buyers are importing corn from South America. Both live cattle and lean hog futures also rose amid a rally in the U.S. stock […]

Brazil halts beef exports to China after atypical BSE case

Jun. 3, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Ana Mano

Brazil reports atypical BSE case

May. 31, 2019 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

McCain Foods buys stake in Brazilian potato processor Serya

May. 4, 2019 at 11:27 am CDT

By Gabriela Mello

U.S. grains: Corn firms as rains stall planting

Apr. 29, 2019 at 3:10 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Brazil urges China to improve GMO approvals

Apr. 25, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters –– Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Thursday that the country must work with China to reduce non-tariff barriers to agriculture trade, including improving the process for genetically modified goods. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of soybeans, the vast majority of which are genetically modified […]

By Jake Spring

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is currently a bear-market, according to broker Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. “It’s like the markets are saying ‘Show me something, we’ll take anything,’ but the bears are winning,” he said, noting there has been almost no news to drive the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat firm in late rally, end week lower

Apr. 12, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures edged higher on Friday, lifted by a late round of short-covering and worries about planting delays following a blizzard this week, traders said. Soybean futures closed flat in dull trade. Chicago Board of Trade May corn settled up one cent at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

Apr. 8, 2019 at 7:54 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

JBS predicts profits will be stronger this year

Mar. 29, 2019 at 6:18 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA executives said Friday the Brazilian meat company will deliver higher earnings in 2019 on strong demand for beef in the U.S. and Australia as well as growing Chinese demand for various proteins. Still, first-quarter results will reflect lower cattle availability in the U.S. […]