Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Mar. 22, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported […]

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

Mar. 22, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Mark Weinraub

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

Mar. 22, 2019 at 1:04 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

Mar. 21, 2019 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

Mar. 21, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

China stops buying Canadian canola

Mar. 21, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

China has stopped buying any Canadian canola, says Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson. “The Chinese are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola (from any company) at this time,” he said Thursday. “Trade that was executed earlier is continuing. New sales are what appears to be affected.” Earlier this month […]

By Allan Dawson

ICE weekly outlook: Little to sustain canola bids in bear market

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although there will be some bounces in ICE canola futures, there is very little currently to sustain any increases in bids, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications. While the market has stabilized for the time being, it’s technically oversold, Anderson said. The market can rebound $5-$10 per […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

Mar. 20, 2019 at 5:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly two per cent on Wednesday on poor weather in the Midwest soft winter wheat belt and the northern Plains spring wheat region, traders said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red winter wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

Mar. 20, 2019 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need […]

By Tom Polansek