Insights and Stories on China

China to resume imports from U.S. pork plants

Oct. 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China, the world’s largest pork consumer, will soon resume imports from 14 U.S. pork plants and warehouses, after halting some shipments last year over the use of a feed additive, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA did not provide a date on which China […]

Global markets: Apple in China, U.S. oil rig flatlining

Oct. 22, 2015 at 1:55 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybean prices expected to rise

Oct. 21, 2015 at 5:33 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Soyoil tops two-month high on export sales

Oct. 21, 2015 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy move on weather, interest from China

Oct. 14, 2015 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

ICE weekly outlook: Canola climbs despite harvest pressure

Sep. 30, 2015 at 5:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, posting gains of $9-$10 per tonne despite mounting harvest pressure and large world supplies of vegetable oil. The slumping Canadian dollar, which momentarily reached its lowest point in 11 years during the session, has been […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress

Sep. 28, 2015 at 4:13 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slid Monday, pressured by a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets and progress by U.S. farmers in harvesting crops. Soybeans tumbled more than one per cent, while Chicago wheat slipped off its earlier one-month high. Corn also declined. “This will be one […]

By Rod Nickel

Canola exports seen moving slower than expected

Sep. 21, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Sales of canola out of the world’s top canola-exporting country are moving slower than merchants had anticipated — and market watchers attribute Canada’s sluggish pace to high prices and low global demand. “The export story right now is quiet,” said Peter Schutz, canola merchant at Richardson International, […]

By Jade Markus

China to stockpile corn during 2015-16 at lower price

Sep. 20, 2015 at 9:54 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters — The Chinese government will continue its controversial corn stockpile policy during 2015-16 and will start to stock the grain from farmers at a lower price compared with last year, government bodies said in a statement late Friday. Beijing will pay 2,000 yuan (C$414) per tonne to […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as China fears wane

Aug. 27, 2015 at 8:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Benchmark U.S. soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Thursday as equity markets stabilized in China, the world’s top soy buyer, and on outlooks for dry weather as the U.S. Midwest growing season winds down, traders said. Corn clung to modest gains on better-than-expected weekly U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen