Insights and Stories on China

Extended-tolerance canola now on deck for 2019

May. 17, 2018 at 9:13 pm CDT

Giving growers a wider window to spray in-crop weeds with glyphosate, the new platform for Monsanto’s future canola trait stacks is now booked to make its way into the Canadian market next year. The U.S. seed and chemical company’s Canadian arm announced last week it plans to commercialize TruFlex canola […]

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

May. 17, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rebound on technical buying, short-covering

May. 17, 2018 at 5:05 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy sinking below major support

May. 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

May. 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

May. 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth […]

By Mark Weinraub

Multi-storey hog hotels elevate Chinese industrial farms to new levels

May. 11, 2018 at 3:41 am CDT

Yaji Mountain, China | Reuters — On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows 1,000 head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels.” Privately-owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co. Ltd. is running two seven-floor sow breeding operations, and is putting up four more, including one with as […]

By Dominique Patton

China customs expanding checks on U.S. fruit imports

May. 4, 2018 at 7:57 pm CDT

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters –– China’s major ports of entry have ramped up checks on fresh fruit imports from the U.S., five Chinese industry sources said, which could delay shipments from U.S. growers already dealing with higher tariffs as Sino-U.S. trade ties worsen. Fruits were among 128 U.S. goods that China […]

By Karl Plume Yawen Chen

Hog prices steadying as barbecue season nears

May. 4, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With barbecue season on the horizon, prices for Canadian pork rose during the week ended April 27, breaking out of their month-long fall. The timing could be perfect, as negotiators have already begun working on improving trade relations and cancelling proposed tariffs on Chinese imports of U.S. […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans stumble as U.S.-China trade talks disappoint

May. 4, 2018 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on disappointment that trade talks did not move Washington and Beijing closer to a deal to resolve the mounting dispute that has crimped U.S. crop sales to China. Prices retreated after a one per cent rise on Thursday that was […]

By Tom Polansek