Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit six-month lows

Sep. 14, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than six months on Tuesday, while cattle futures recovered a day after hitting June lows on concerns about a fire at a major Nebraska beef plant. The hog market extended recent losses under […]

China’s buyers expect Brazil’s beef back soon despite BSE cases

Sep. 7, 2021 at 8:34 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Nayara Figueiredo

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat slide on stronger U.S. dollar, export concerns

Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:42 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

Aug. 11, 2021 at 9:19 am CDT

By Karen Braun

ADM quarterly profit surges amid strong U.S. corn exports to China

Jul. 28, 2021 at 9:10 am CDT

By Arunima Kumar Tom Polansek

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

Jul. 21, 2021 at 4:57 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG […]

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Container crisis affecting markets, shipments

Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As hot and dry weather, especially in Western Canada, have wrought havoc on Canadian pulse crops and raised prices, it’s also becoming more difficult to export pulses overseas. Shipping containers, in which 30 per cent of Canada’s peas and more than 50 per cent of Canada’s lentils are […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Syngenta’s Shanghai IPO to fund growth, acquisitions

Jul. 2, 2021 at 9:26 pm CDT

Hong Kong/Zurich | Reuters — Syngenta Group will use the proceeds from its US$10 billion initial public offering (IPO) to fund internal growth and an acquisition spree to snare more of the $100 billion market for seeds and sprays, the agrichemical giant said on Friday. The company’s prospectus to list […]

By John Revill Meg Shen

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat on profit-taking

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures retreated on profit-taking on Friday, while soybean futures extended gains fueled by lower-than-expected U.S. acreage estimates and dry weather in part of the Midwest, traders said. Corn pulled back after surging by the daily, exchange-imposed limit on Wednesday when the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures ease on China demand worries

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures weakened in the two most-active contract months on Friday as traders continued to dial in expectations for waning Chinese demand, analysts said. China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, has sought to rebuild its hog herd after it was decimated by an […]

By Tom Polansek