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China should target U.S. soybeans, former finance minister says

Mar. 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– The response by China’s commerce ministry to the latest U.S trade measures is too weak, and should target U.S. soybeans, former Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei said on Saturday. The commerce ministry on Friday unveiled a plan to levy additional duties on up to US$3 billion […]

U.S. cattle placements hit 16-year high for February

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. pork to feel further chill from China tariff threat

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower in volatile session

Mar. 23, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump again on cash prices, trade war threat

Mar. 23, 2018 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after weather-driven selloff

Mar. 22, 2018 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures firmed Thursday on bargain-buying a day after forecasts for much-needed moisture pressed the Kansas City May hard red winter wheat contract to a seven-week low, traders said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while soybeans ended mostly steady. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Trade war risk slams CME hogs

Mar. 22, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs hit a four-month low on Thursday as U.S. stocks plummeted amid fears of a potential trade war between the U.S. and China, said traders. On Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to […]

By Reuters

Global fertilizer prices set to fall

Mar. 22, 2018 at 2:47 am CDT

CNS Canada — Global fertilizer demand has been higher, leading to increased prices, but with more capacity coming online prices should start to fall, according to an analyst. “Urea prices globally have moved a little higher over the past few months. They’ve been relatively volatile, that’s just kind of a […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Deere fears hit from Trump tariffs, retaliation

Mar. 22, 2018 at 2:29 am CDT

Granadero Baigorria, Argentina | Reuters — U.S. tractor maker Deere and Co. is bracing for a negative financial impact from U.S. tariffs on steel imports and worries that retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural exports could follow, CEO Samuel Allen told Reuters in an interview Wednesday. The 25 per cent tariffs, […]

By Maximilian Heath

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north

Mar. 21, 2018 at 8:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower over the past week, but stabilized at those lows as attention shifts from weather concerns in Argentina to planting intentions in North America. Rains in Argentina over the past weekend helped ease dryness concerns there […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin