Insights and Stories on Trump

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on crop prospects, trade fears

Jan. 26, 2017 at 5:30 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures closed lower Thursday on improving South American crop prospects and jitters about U.S. trade relationships, analysts said. Wheat futures rose on better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. Chicago Board of Trade soybeans for March delivery settled down 5-3/4 cents at $10.49-1/2 per […]

Key European body backs EU-Canada trade deal

Jan. 24, 2017 at 2:56 pm CST

By philip-blenkinsop

Struggling U.S. farm sector faces new threat as TPP dies

Jan. 24, 2017 at 2:29 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Canada not seen as U.S. target in NAFTA talks

Jan. 23, 2017 at 7:01 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

Australia, New Zealand pledge to salvage TPP

Jan. 23, 2017 at 6:50 pm CST

By Reuters

Activist investor activity reignites rail merger hopes

Jan. 20, 2017 at 1:28 pm CST

Reuters — Shares of railway operator CSX Corp. soared 20 per cent on Thursday after an activist investor’s plan to shake up the U.S. rail operator fueled speculation that the company was once again a takeover target. Investors rushed to bid up shares of CSX after news reports that former […]

By Michael Flaherty

Exporters, fearing border tax, scramble to shift production

Jan. 19, 2017 at 8:27 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian exporters are scrambling to find ways to avoid a potential 10 per cent import tax promised by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, including the possible shifting of production or supply lines south of the border. Amid warnings from the Bank of Canada on Wednesday that protectionist […]

By Andrea Hopkins

Trump to name ex-Georgia governor as ag secretary

Jan. 19, 2017 at 3:40 am CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will name former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as his nominee for secretary of agriculture on Thursday, a senior transition official saidn Wednesday. Perdue, 70, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during his presidential campaign. His nomination, which must be confirmed by the […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy up for fourth session on Argentina crop concerns

Jan. 18, 2017 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday for a fourth straight session, notching a six-month high on worries that recent heavy rains could damage crops in Argentina. Wheat and corn closed lower on a round of profit-taking after multi-month highs. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen Renita D. Young

ICE weekly outlook: Weather trumps Trump on canola

Jan. 18, 2017 at 6:08 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted substantial gains during the week ended Wednesday, taking strength from a rally in the soy complex. Both front-end contracts rose $17 on the week, with the March contract jumping from $498 at its Jan. 11 close to settle at $515 a […]

By Dave Sims

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