Insights and Stories on China

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks support amid bearish signals

Mar. 28, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts appear to be tilting to the downside as they enter the Easter break, and will likely need support from a key U.S. government report if they want to stay in their current range. At 11 a.m. CT, Thursday, the U.S. Department of […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week high as trade fears ease

Mar. 26, 2018 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China should target U.S. soybeans, former finance minister says

Mar. 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. pork to feel further chill from China tariff threat

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:22 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower in volatile session

Mar. 23, 2018 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slump again on cash prices, trade war threat

Mar. 23, 2018 at 2:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs fell on Friday for a second straight day, hit by recent cash hog price weakness and mounting worries about a potential trade war between the U.S. and China, traders said. Beijing said Friday it was considering imposing an additional tariff on […]

By Reuters

Hemp acres, prices down for 2018

Mar. 20, 2018 at 4:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With a large carryover from last year’s crop, hemp acres in Canada are expected to be down this year along with the price. “We had a bit of overproduction in 2017. It doesn’t take much to overproduce a crop when you’ve got 100,000 acres. So it’s a […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

Mar. 15, 2018 at 7:00 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With feed barley in tight supply, the tables have flipped with feed prices now sitting higher than those for malt barley in Western Canada. Feed barley prices “make some of these other prices look a bit ridiculous. There’s no demand from the domestic maltsters because they’ve all […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on acreage outlook

Mar. 14, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures tumbled on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and outlooks for record-large U.S. plantings this year, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures dropped 16-1/2 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $10.32-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). Prices accelerated declines […]

By Michael Hirtzer

China conditionally approves Bayer’s Monsanto deal

Mar. 13, 2018 at 3:29 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — Bayer on Tuesday secured conditional approval from China’s commerce ministry for its planned acquisition of the world No. 1 seed company Monsanto, chalking up a victory in an onerous struggle to win over watchdogs across the globe. The ministry also ordered the German drug and crop […]

By Reuters