Insights and Stories on China

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles after USDA boosts production forecast

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell 3.6 per cent on Wednesday, for their biggest daily declines since April, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for U.S. production more than analysts expected, traders said. Wheat futures also tumbled, tracking losses in corn and on pressure from […]

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

Sep. 12, 2018 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Smaller Manitoba soybean crop expected

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Global fertilizer market prices vary

Sep. 10, 2018 at 8:34 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: October hogs limit up on cash prices, swine fever fear

Sep. 6, 2018 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat extends losing streak

Sep. 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell for the third day in a row to their lowest in more than seven weeks on Thursday on expectations that U.S. supplies will continue to struggle to gain traction on the global export market, traders said. Corn futures ended […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Heavy rains threaten soybean quality

Sep. 5, 2018 at 7:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Heavy rains across the U.S. Midwest and a murky outlook on international trade appear ready to drive down the soybean market in the lead-up to next week’s supply and demand report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release its monthly estimates on Sept. 12 and traders have […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly up on worry over swine fever in China

Sep. 5, 2018 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly higher on Wednesday on firm cash hog prices and concerns about the spread of African swine fever in China, the world’s top hog and pork producer, traders said. But the market closed below session highs and some contracts settled below […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian export plans

Sep. 4, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped 2.5 per cent on Tuesday to a one-week low after Russia’s agriculture ministry said it had no plans to restrict grain exports from the world’s biggest wheat supplier, traders said. Corn firmed on support from news that Argentina planned to impose a […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy falls to six-week low on crop prospects

Aug. 28, 2018 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday, with the benchmark November contract on the Chicago Board of Trade hitting a six-week low on expectations of a bumper U.S. harvest and uncertainty about demand, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower while CBOT wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen