Chicago soybean futures lost more than 1% on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has plagued crops in the top exporting nation, analysts said.
Italy blocked French group Safran's planned $1.8 billion purchase of the flight control systems arm of Collins Aerospace because it could have threatened supplies to national armed forces, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday.
A recent deal regulating French nuclear power risks making electricity more expensive and must be carefully monitored to ensure the new rules do not strengthen EDF's dominant position, power group Engie's CEO said on Wednesday.
The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a plan to cut back reliance on pesticides in agriculture in another setback in Europe-wide efforts to protect the environment.
Chicago wheat gained more than 1% on Wednesday as a Russian attack on a Ukrainian port continued to stoke worries over trade in the Black Sea, an integral route for the global grain market.
The recent deal on new regulation for French nuclear power is expected to make electricity more expensive and risks strengthening EDF's dominant position in the French market, power group Engie said on Thursday.
Non-commercial market participants increased their net short position in Euronext's milling wheat futures and options in the week to Nov. 17, data published by Euronext on Wednesday showed.
Millions of Americans headed to the homes of friends and family on Wednesday, the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, on the busiest travel day since the pandemic, undeterred by a sprawling East Coast storm system that disrupted some flights and slowed traffic.
Brazil's soybean crop is expected to reach a record 161.6 million metric tons in 2023/24, agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult said on Wednesday, despite weather issues that are seen keeping overall production below the country's potential.
China purchased more U.S. soft red winter (SRW) wheat this week in the country's third large-scale purchase of the grain since early October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Wednesday.
Brazil's soybean crop is expected to reach a record 161.6 million metric tons in 2023/24, agribusiness consultancy Agroconsult said on Wednesday, despite weather issues that are seen keeping overall production below the country's potential.
Germany has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm in the northern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday, adding to a wave of cases in Europe.