Insights and Stories of Peter Hobson

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

May. 27, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

Australian wheat inventories will likely be much higher than last year at the end of the season, pressuring prices, because of a drop in Chinese imports and competition from ample supplies out of rival exporter Russia, analysts and traders said.

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

May. 9, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

By Gus Trompiz Michael Hogan Peter Hobson Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

Feb. 7, 2025 at 2:44 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz Peter Hobson Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

Feb. 6, 2025 at 3:20 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz Peter Hobson Reuters Tom Polansek

Australia, EU canola prices rally as adverse weather crushes supply

Nov. 26, 2024 at 10:19 am CST

By Ed White Peter Hobson Reuters Sybille De La Hamaide

Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says

Nov. 22, 2024 at 10:40 am CST

Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.

By Peter Hobson Reuters

Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

Oct. 17, 2024 at 10:54 am CDT

A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.

By Peter Hobson Reuters

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

Oct. 9, 2024 at 10:51 am CDT

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.

By Lucy Craymer Peter Hobson Reuters

Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

Sep. 10, 2024 at 9:33 am CDT

Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.

By Peter Hobson Reuters

Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests

May. 13, 2024 at 9:56 am CDT

Australia's Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied carbon dioxide in the country's largest aquifer, a plan farm groups say must be blocked because it risks poisoning water supplies.

By Peter Hobson Reuters

Insights and Stories of Peter Hobson

Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat

China buys Canadian, Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on renewed U.S. tariff worries

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump on Black Sea crop worries, short covering

Australia, EU canola prices rally as adverse weather crushes supply

Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says

Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them

Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests

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