Insights and Stories on China

ICE weekly outlook: China’s canola issues already well known

Mar. 27, 2019 at 4:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — To some who follow commodities markets, it was clear some other participants had overreacted to the news of China banning canola imports from Viterra. Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm was one of those who saw Canadian exports of canola to China have pretty much dried up since January. That […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

Mar. 27, 2019 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on hefty supplies, trade worries

Mar. 27, 2019 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

China’s battle against Canadian canola looms over soy

Mar. 26, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle retreat on technical selling, fund liquidation

Mar. 26, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat edges lower on profit-taking

Mar. 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures inched lower on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-month high on U.S. export optimism and adverse weather in the United States that threatened to delay sowing. Soybean and corn futures fell on technical selling. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Stephanie Kelly

China’s ban on Canadian canola expands to Viterra

Mar. 26, 2019 at 11:13 am CDT

Beijing/Ottawa | Reuters — China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries. Viterra is the second canola exporter to have its registration cancelled, after Beijing halted shipments from top exporter […]

By Dominique Patton Julie Gordon

ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

Mar. 25, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding and severe winter weather in the U.S. Midwest will reduce Archer Daniels Midland’s first-quarter operating profit by US$50 million to $60 million, the U.S. grains trader said on Monday. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the farm belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

Mar. 25, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped sharply on Monday in reaction to a government report that showed larger-than-expected supplies of cattle on feed in the U.S., traders said. Nearby cattle futures contracts fell more than 1.5 per cent, with selling accelerating as prices breached key […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Mar. 22, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the […]

By Karl Plume