Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall after contract highs on profit-taking

Nov. 20, 2018 at 3:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures tumbled three per cent on Tuesday, reversing after hitting contract highs as investors locked in profits ahead of Thursday’s U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, traders said. Hog futures had gained in eight out of the past nine sessions on hopes of […]

U.S. grains: Soy drops as trade concerns rise

Nov. 19, 2018 at 8:37 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise to contract highs on export optimism

Nov. 19, 2018 at 8:30 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs limit up on swine fever fears

Nov. 16, 2018 at 6:33 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans up after Trump comments on China, trade

Nov. 16, 2018 at 4:53 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on technical buying, demand outlook

Nov. 15, 2018 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures firmed for a fourth straight session on Thursday, lifted by technical buying and good demand for pork, traders said. Persistent concerns about the spread of African swine fever in China, the world’s top hog and pork producer, also underpinned prices […]

By Karl Plume

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seen dropping further still

Nov. 15, 2018 at 4:20 pm CST

CNS Canada — As global oilseed overproduction and a trade war rages on between the U.S. and China, producers should get used to lower canola prices, according to one analyst. “For the last two years (we’ve been) moving in a $480-$530 type of range. My best guess is that when […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Rangebound soy, corn look for fresh news

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:33 pm CST

CNS Canada — With Midwestern harvest operations nearing completion for the year, rangebound U.S. grain and oilseed markets are looking for fresh news to provide direction. Soybean, corn and wheat futures all remain stuck in relatively sideways trading patterns and “the only thing that will change that is an adverse […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans end firm as hopes build for China talks

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:10 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday, supported by renewed optimism that the U.S. and China, the world’s largest soybean buyer, will resume trade talks. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans settled up 5-1/4 cents at $8.88-3/4 per bushel after reaching $8.97-1/2, the contract’s highest since Nov. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:01 pm CST

Singapore | Reuters — Canada and China will continue to work together toward an “eventual” free trade deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners […]

By Fathin Ungku