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Mature standing canola is ready for harvest in west-central Manitoba in late September. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

China buys first Australian canola cargo since 2020, traders say

Aug. 18, 2025 at 9:53 am CDT

A Chinese state-run trading firm has booked a cargo of about 50,000 metric tons of new-crop Australian canola, two traders told Reuters, just days after Beijing imposed temporary levies on top supplier Canada.

Canola seed pours from a combine into a grain cart.

Importers struggle to resell Canadian canola meal caught in China tariff crossfire

Aug. 14, 2025 at 9:46 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Reuters

China slaps anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

Aug. 12, 2025 at 9:12 am CDT

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Naveen Thukral Reuters

China’s soymeal glut raises demand doubts ahead of US soybean export season

Jul. 29, 2025 at 10:47 am CDT

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

May. 27, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Peter Hobson Reuters

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil

Apr. 4, 2025 at 9:26 am CDT

China's retaliation on Friday against new U.S. tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing's move towards alternative suppliers for agriculture goods including Brazil, a shift that began during the trade war of President Donald Trump's first term.

By Ella Cao Naveen Thukral Reuters

China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates

Mar. 5, 2025 at 10:53 am CST

China's new tariffs on U.S. farm goods are poised to reshape global trade flows, prompting the world's top agricultural importer to source more meat, dairy and grains from countries in South America, Europe and the Pacific.

By Mei Mei Chu Naveen Thukral Reuters

U.S. Grains: Soybean, corn futures fall on improving Argentina weather forecast

Feb. 5, 2025 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy futures backpedaled from their highest prices in months on Wednesday as weather forecasts improved in Argentina, analysts said.

By Gus Trompiz Naveen Thukral Reuters Tom Polansek

Brazilian soy shipments to China from five firms halted, sources say

Jan. 22, 2025 at 10:32 am CST

China, the world's biggest soybean buyer, has stopped receiving Brazilian soybean shipments from five entities after cargoes did not meet phytosanitary requirements, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

By Ella Cao Laurie Chen Mei Mei Chu Naveen Thukral Reuters

Chinese buyers slash Canadian canola imports on fears of anti-dumping duty

Dec. 5, 2024 at 9:05 am CST

Chinese importers are scaling back purchases of Canadian canola with shipments from December likely to plunge as most buyers are reluctant to sign new deals for fear that Beijing could impose retaliatory anti-dumping duties.