Insights and Stories on Commodities

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slump in broad-based commodities selloff

Mar. 18, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Thursday as a firm U.S. dollar and tumbling energy prices, with crude oil down more than eight per cent, stoked broad selling across commodities markets. The steepest corn and soy declines in more than a week marked a further […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs follow broader commodities markets lower

Mar. 18, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Louis Dreyfus to gain first outside investor

Nov. 11, 2020 at 4:03 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

Sep. 17, 2020 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Mayank Bhardwaj

Dreyfus reportedly in talks to sell stake to Abu Dhabi’s ADQ

Sep. 4, 2020 at 9:38 pm CDT

Reuters — Commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Corp. is in talks to sell a stake to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. For the privately held company, which has been facing a challenging business environment, bringing external investors would be […]

By Reuters

‘Glencore Agriculture’ to adopt Viterra brand

Aug. 20, 2020 at 4:17 am CDT

A trademark that Swiss commodity firm Glencore picked up when it bought its way into Prairie agriculture is about to become the global brand for its agribusiness offspring. David Mattiske, CEO of Glencore Agriculture, announced in a statement Wednesday the company will rebrand the business to Viterra in “late 2020.” […]

By Dave Bedard

CN sees eastern network revival on supply chain diversity, ports

Jun. 22, 2020 at 3:12 am CDT

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian National Railway, the country’s biggest railroad, is banking on growth in consumer products and supply-chain diversification in Asia, to revive traffic on its underutilized eastern Canadian rail lines, the company’s CEO told Reuters Friday. Coronavirus, which hit China’s industrial production, along with U.S. tariffs on […]

By Allison Lampert

CBOT weekly outlook: Ag commodities steady

May. 21, 2020 at 2:57 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Crop commodity values on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have largely stabilized as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed in several U.S. states. “We’ve been playing this virus for a few months now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities in Barrington, Ill. COVID-19-related lockdown measures decimated demand for ethanol, […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Burnett on Markets: Suddenly agriculture is important

Mar. 27, 2020 at 1:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A trend has developed in the business news channels over the past week that has not been hard to miss. Suddenly the CEOs of big agriculture and food concerns are being featured front and centre during the business segments. Usually these companies are noted only when they release […]

By Bruce Burnett

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