Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: CME hogs lower as rally pauses

Apr. 8, 2019 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mostly lower on Monday as softening cash hog prices sparked a round of profit-taking after Friday’s contract highs, traders said. “Cash prices stopped moving higher at a rapid clip, so everyone is taking a step back,” said Altin Kalo, […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall on profit-taking but post weekly gains

Apr. 5, 2019 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise again with swine fever in focus

Apr. 5, 2019 at 4:34 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Trade hopes spur gains in soy futures

Apr. 4, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures extend rally as African swine fever spreads

Apr. 4, 2019 at 6:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bearish with or without China

Apr. 3, 2019 at 5:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw a modest correction off of major support over the week ended Wednesday, but the longer-term trend remains pointed lower with large old-crop supplies and uncertain export prospects overhanging the market. Canadian canola exports to China are effectively non-existent right now, with the absence […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on hopes for increased exports to China

Apr. 3, 2019 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures charged higher on Wednesday, with the May contract surging 5.4 per cent, on hopes for a trade deal with China that would boost exports to the world’s largest consumer of pork. “U.S.-China trade talks restart in D.C. today and most […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — China has not escalated a dispute with Canada over the export of canola seeds and comments by the Canadian farm minister on the matter have been misunderstood, an agriculture ministry official said on Wednesday. China — embroiled in a major diplomatic dispute with Ottawa — has […]

By Reuters

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

Apr. 2, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters –– Chinese authorities have filed a quality complaint against a third Canadian exporter of canola, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Tuesday, potentially deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. Early last month, China cited the discovery of pests as the reason for blocking shipments […]

By David Ljunggren