Insights and Stories on China

Jul. 10, 2018 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday on forecasts for crop-boosting rain and milder temperatures in the heart of the U.S. corn belt, with three-quarters of the nation’s crop already in good-to-excellent shape. Wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent on dull export […]

By Karl Plume

Jul. 9, 2018 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell over three per cent on Monday, weighed down by plentiful supplies and worries of weaker demand later this year due to tariffs on imports of American pork in Mexico and Canada, traders and analysts said. Most-active Chicago Mercantile Exchange August hogs […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Jul. 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday, giving up more than half of their gains from a bargain-buying rally before the weekend as investors weighed the impact of reduced Chinese demand following Beijing’s tariffs on U.S. supplies. Improved growing conditions in the U.S. Midwest also weighed on […]

By Karl Plume

Jul. 6, 2018 at 3:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures surged on Friday as the market recovered a day after nearing a decade low on concerns over the escalating trade war with China. Prices climbed as the U.S. implemented tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports and Beijing said it would retaliate with […]

By Tom Polansek

Jul. 5, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It’s a wait-and-see game for traders who deal in corn and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). “It looks like we’re going to be concerned a lot about what happens with our friends from China here in the short term,” said Jack Scoville, of Price […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm