Insights and Stories on China

China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains

May. 23, 2018 at 8:15 pm CDT

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters –– China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after Beijing signalled to state-run refiners and grains purchasers they should buy more to help ease tensions between the two top economies, trade sources said on Wednesday. China pledged at […]

ICE weekly outlook: Weather, U.S./China relations influence canola

May. 23, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy poised for move higher, waiting on China

May. 23, 2018 at 6:53 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

May. 23, 2018 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on hopes for renewed demand from China

May. 23, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

May. 21, 2018 at 8:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could slow. Corn prices were little changed, while wheat dropped on crop-boosting rains in the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle surge on technical buying, packer demand

May. 21, 2018 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cattle futures jumped the most in more than a month on Monday, buoyed by technical short covering and optimism that demand from beef packers that resulted in last week’s large cattle slaughter will continue this week, traders and analysts said. Front-month June live cattle futures briefly […]

By Michael Hirtzer

China agrees to import more ag commodities, fuels from U.S.

May. 21, 2018 at 1:37 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a US$200 billion target the White House had touted earlier. Beijing and Washington agreed they would keep talking about measures under which China […]

By David Lawder Ginger Gibson

U.S. grains: Wheat futures jump

May. 18, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Friday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract surging 4.1 per cent on forecasts for dry conditions that could further stress an already damaged crop. The weather outlook also threatened to slow planting progress in the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop on weak cash prices, big supplies

May. 18, 2018 at 7:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slumped for the fourth time in five sessions on Friday as falling cash cattle prices and ample supplies of slaughter-ready animals weighed on the market, traders said. The possibility that meat exports could slow due to trade tensions with China […]

By Karl Plume