Insights and Stories on China

China lifts block on Canadian grain firms’ canola exports

May. 18, 2022 at 5:25 pm CDT

Officials say China has reinstated market access for two major grain firms whose exports of Canadian canola have been blocked from Chinese ports since 2019. Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, in a joint statement Wednesday, confirmed the decision by Chinese customs officials allowing Richardson International […]

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs extend recovery from recent slide

May. 17, 2022 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs drop to January lows

May. 3, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle futures firm on weaker corn

May. 2, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop to three-week lows

May. 2, 2022 at 5:27 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle futures fell on Wednesday as traders assessed higher feeding costs due to a sharp gains in corn. Hog futures were also weak, falling for the sixth time in seven sessions, with prospects for more COVID-19 lockdowns in China further chilling the already weak export […]

By Mark Weinraub

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country’s health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have been infected with […]

By Reuters

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. ASF forced China to cull millions of hogs and increase imports. China continued […]

By Nayara Figueiredo

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures top two-week high

Apr. 18, 2022 at 4:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied to their highest price in more than two weeks on Monday, while live cattle and feeder cattle futures weakened. Hopes for increased domestic demand from summertime grilling and cookouts helped lift hog futures, analysts said. They added that surging […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Crop data awaited as grains fall with other commodities

Mar. 28, 2022 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Monday as worries over coronavirus cases in China weighed on commodity markets while grain traders also adjusted positions ahead of key U.S. crop reports due later this week. Crude oil dropped sharply as China’s financial hub, Shanghai, launched […]

By Julie Ingwersen