Insights and Stories on China

Canada’s malt barley courts two different buyers

Nov. 14, 2018 at 6:17 pm CST

CNS Canada — The rising North American craft beer sector and strong demand out of China are both good news stories for Canada’s malt barley sector. However, those two customers have different needs which can also create some challenges, said industry officials speaking Tuesday at the annual Grain World conference […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans higher on slow harvest pace

Nov. 14, 2018 at 4:56 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA sees ballooning soy supplies as trade war roils exports

Nov. 9, 2018 at 9:46 am CST

By Mark Weinraub

ADM profit tops estimates on export sales, oilseeds

Nov. 6, 2018 at 9:47 am CST

By Tom Polansek

Brazil in talks to boost soymeal exports to China

Nov. 5, 2018 at 4:33 pm CST

By Marcelo Teixeira

Some optimism for peas, lentils not invited for the ride

Oct. 30, 2018 at 3:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Lentil growers hoping to see a light at the end of the current tunnel of low prices and restricted markets will likely be disappointed for some time. However, farmers with peas might see better market conditions over the course of the shipping year because of the United […]

By Terry Fries

U.S. agriculture chief says no plan to extend farm aid to offset tariffs

Oct. 29, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not planning to extend an up to $12 billion aid package for farmers into 2019, Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Monday, to mitigate farmer losses due to the imposition of tariffs on American exports. “Farmers are very resilient and adept […]

By Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week low on export woes

Oct. 19, 2018 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Friday and recorded a second straight weekly decline, pressured by fresh cancellations of U.S. soybean sales, traders said. Corn futures fell for a fourth straight session and also notched a weekly drop, while wheat futures firmed after […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

Oct. 19, 2018 at 10:51 am CDT

China | Reuters – China, the world’s top pork producer, has culled 200,000 pigs so far following outbreaks of highly contagious African swine fever in the country, a Chinese animal health official said on Friday. While that represents only a tiny portion of the nearly 700 million pigs slaughtered in China each year […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

Oct. 18, 2018 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Thursday, with the benchmark November contract recording its largest single-day decline since August, on disappointing weekly export sales and improving U.S. harvest weather, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weak tone. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen