Insights and Stories on China

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade hopes

Feb. 25, 2019 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a 2-1/2-week high on Monday on hopes for a trade agreement between Washington and Beijing and after China vowed late last week to make additional U.S. soybean purchases. Wheat futures plunged around four per cent to fresh contract lows on technical […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs sag on large supply, shrug off trade talks

Feb. 25, 2019 at 5:14 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Trump delays tariff hike on Chinese goods, citing trade talk progress

Feb. 25, 2019 at 2:19 am CST

By David Lawder Jeff Mason

U.S. grains: Crop prices seesaw as traders eye China talks

Feb. 22, 2019 at 7:18 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Corteva wins final OK for global launch of Enlist E3 soy

Feb. 21, 2019 at 5:22 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs recover on hopes for China trade talks

Feb. 21, 2019 at 4:47 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped on Thursday on increased optimism about the potential for progress in trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators resumed high-level negotiations to hash out a deal that could end their trade war, just over a week […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Feb. 21, 2019 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Thursday after a four-day slide, while the grains market overall steadied as U.S. and China trade negotiators sketched an outline for what could be a deal to end the trade war. Thursday’s technical bounce in wheat was encouraged by optimism over […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Oversold canola still fundamentally bearish

Feb. 20, 2019 at 6:16 pm CST

ICE canola futures are starting to look oversold after falling contract lows during the week ended Wednesday. While a short-term technical correction is possible, the underlying fundamentals remain bearish. “Canola might be a little bit short-term oversold,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Signs that exports were perking […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy in ‘little bit of a free fall’

Feb. 20, 2019 at 6:03 pm CST

Soybeans, wheat and corn have been trading generally lower of late on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). In particular soybeans are in “a little bit of a free fall,” said Terry Reilly, senior agriculture futures analyst with Futures International in Chicago. “It’s purely technical. We closed below the 100-day […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Feb. 20, 2019 at 4:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures plunged yet again on Wednesday as traders fretted over lagging U.S. exports despite them being competitively priced in the global market. Soybeans started the day off on the negative side, with the most active soybean contract dipping just below the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter