Insights and Stories on China

ICE weekly outlook: Canola braces for turbulence

Jun. 6, 2018 at 7:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market could go on a choppy ride this summer as weather challenges and the topsy-turvy world of international trade battles threaten to fill the next few months with volatility. “Particularly in the summer months, Trump issues and weather issues will be the […]

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S./China trade uncertainty weighs on soy

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on global weather woes

Jun. 6, 2018 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide on crop weather, trade jitters

Jun. 4, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Seasonals to weigh on canola

May. 30, 2018 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy sag on renewed U.S.-China trade tension

May. 29, 2018 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about 1.5 per cent on Tuesday, with the front contract at times dropping below US$4 a bushel as U.S. trade tensions with China re-emerged, analysts said. Wheat turned lower after climbing to multi-month highs, and soybeans also slipped. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on dry weather fears

May. 25, 2018 at 8:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped more than two per cent on Friday and ended the week up nearly five per cent as worries about dry weather in key global production regions fueled short-covering and speculative buying. Soybeans advanced for the fifth time in six sessions on renewed […]

By Karl Plume

OIE declares Brazil free of foot-and-mouth, with vaccination

May. 24, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared Brazil free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination on Thursday, opening new export prospects for the world’s largest beef exporter. The OIE already considered most of Brazil to be free of FMD with vaccination. The declaration, which the […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 10-month high on weather, turns lower

May. 24, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures eased from 10-month peaks on Thursday as profit-taking eroded early gains stemming from dry weather in the U.S. Plains and other major growing areas around the world. Soybeans slipped from three-week highs as hedge-related selling offset earlier support from signs of renewed export […]

By Karl Plume

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 […]

By Dominique Patton Florence Tan Hallie Gu