Insights and Stories on China

China buys U.S. soybeans after declaring ban on U.S. farm goods

Aug. 22, 2019 at 1:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China snapped up a small volume of U.S. soybeans last week after pledging to halt purchases of U.S. farm products due to the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. The world’s largest soybean importer struck deals from […]

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. grain traders watch yields, demand

Aug. 21, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Bunge CEO looks to avoid ‘stroke-of-the-pen’ risk in ongoing trade war

Aug. 20, 2019 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on beneficial weekend rains

Aug. 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise but post big weekly losses

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down on demand concerns

Aug. 16, 2019 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME lean hog futures fell sharply on Friday, with the most-active October contract notching a limit-down move as traders worried that seasonal growth in supplies will outstrip demand. Weakness in the cash market also spilled over into the futures, traders said. The demand concerns stemmed from […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures sink to five-month low

Aug. 15, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) hog futures fell to a five-month low on Thursday, pressured by big supplies that overwhelmed any optimism about news that China made its biggest purchases of U.S. pork in seven weeks, traders said. The world’s largest pork consumer bought 10,211 tonnes of […]

By Mark Weinraub

Grain growers get extension on 2018 APP repayment

Aug. 15, 2019 at 2:37 pm CDT

Grain, oilseed and pulse crop growers who took out cash advances from the Advance Payments Program for the 2018-19 crop year will get an extra six months to repay, effective Friday. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced a six-month stay of default for APP advances on grains, oilseeds […]

By GFM Staff

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

Aug. 14, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For Steve Georgy, the events of this week have left him somewhat gobsmacked. The president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he didn’t completely buy the numbers in the August supply and demand report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And Georgy has been […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures fall

Aug. 14, 2019 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, with investors shedding risky assets as concerns about the global economy spilled over into the grain markets. Forecasts for some rain in key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest in the coming weeks added to the pressure […]

By Mark Weinraub