Insights and Stories on China

Federal Tories critique lack of action on China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 10:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Federal Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen has publicly ripped the federal government’s lack of action to deal with rising barriers against Canada’s substantial ag exports to China. China halted imports of Canadian meat effective Tuesday, the latest on the list of Canadian products China has blacklisted since the […]

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, politics in focus for canola trade

Jun. 26, 2019 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China’s shutout of Canadian meat scrambles global pork flow

Jun. 26, 2019 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Canada says bogus certificates being used to smuggle meat into China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 11:57 am CDT

By Kelsey Johnson

China halts Canadian meat shipments over bogus documents

Jun. 25, 2019 at 5:47 pm CDT

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble for third straight session

Jun. 24, 2019 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply for a third straight session on Monday in a technical and fund- selling drop fueled by ample supplies of hogs and pork. Actively traded nearby contracts shed more than four per cent, with losses over the past […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall as pork sales to China disappoint

Jun. 20, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Thursday as U.S. pork export sales to China continued to disappoint traders who have been expecting a surge of demand due to an outbreak of a fatal hog disease in China. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also declined. Hog […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Rains fuel crop worries, lift corn, soy, wheat

Jun. 20, 2019 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures jumped on Thursday as expectations for more rain in the U.S. Midwest heightened worries about bad weather reducing autumn harvests. Forecasts called for rain over the next five days, which would keep some fields too wet to plant and add stress […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed higher on Wednesday in light bargain-buying after last week’s slide to three-month lows, but soft cash markets and ample hog supplies hung over the market and limited rallies, traders said. CME July lean hog futures settled up 0.15 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s drought could be field pea opportunity

Jun. 19, 2019 at 6:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Though India has curbed its pulse crop imports from Canada in recent years due to disagreements over crop control and fumigation, a challenging growing season in India could make Canadian pulses more attractive. Drought-like conditions in key growing areas of India have killed dozens of people and endangered […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm