Insights and Stories on China

CBOT weekly outlook: October USDA report delivers few major changes

Oct. 12, 2022 at 7:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For the most part, the latest monthly supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided little in terms of major changes from its September report. USDA issued its October world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) during the late morning Wednesday, with much of the […]

One-third of China’s land protected under ecological ‘red line’ scheme

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:51 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook

Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

Aug. 22, 2022 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, […]

By Thomas Peter Thomas Suen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A huge drop in canola prices could be looming, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. Palmer pointed to Prairie farmers and said, “I think they are undersold.” He surmised too many farmers have held off from selling their canola, in hopes of getting a […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:28 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — A delegation of Canadian lawmakers plans to visit Taiwan in October to seek economic opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Liberal MP Judy Sgro said Wednesday, a move that could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China and the West has […]

By Ismail Shakil

U.S. grains: Grains fall on weather, Ukrainian exports

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures fell for a second day on Tuesday, pressured by rainfall across parts of the U.S. Midwest, as well as economic uncertainty in China and grain shipments from war-torn Ukraine. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soy dives on China’s economic uncertainty

Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Monday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rainfall in parts of the U.S. Midwest and unexpected data from China that suggested declining demand for U.S. agricultural commodities from the country. The People’s Bank of China cut key interest rates on weaker-than-expected economic data […]

By Christopher Walljasper