Insights and Stories on Louisiana

Bayer sees farmers pre-buying inputs as supply-chain snarls continue

Oct. 19, 2021 at 12:58 pm CDT

Chicago/Berlin | Reuters — U.S. farmers are pre-buying seeds and chemicals they need earlier than normal, in a bid to secure supplies for next spring amid sector-wide supply-chain problems, a top executive at German agricultural and pharmaceuticals firm Bayer said Tuesday. Bayer also estimates its average seed prices will go […]

Some grain terminals restart after Ida as Nicholas rains arrive

Sep. 14, 2021 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Prices down on rains, Ida shuts grain facilities

Aug. 30, 2021 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CN challenges CP with Kansas City Southern bid

Apr. 20, 2021 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Shreyasee Raj

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets prepare for Laura

Aug. 26, 2020 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Bayer scraps plans for U.S. dicamba production

Jun. 16, 2020 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Bayer said on Tuesday it will scrap a nearly US$1 billion project to produce dicamba in the United States, but said the move is unrelated to a federal court decision that blocked sales of dicamba-based herbicides. The German-based company is moving to save cash as it […]

By Reuters

Cargill CEO sees Harvey not likely weighing much on farm freight

Sep. 1, 2017 at 9:03 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill does not expect a significant impact on freight costs or logistics from the massive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, its top executive said Friday. Cargill CEO David MacLennan said while it was still too early to assess […]

By David Alire Garcia