Insights and Stories on China

U.S. grains: Corn up on weather outlook, weaker dollar

Apr. 19, 2021 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, flirting with multi-year highs set last week, as forecasts for frosty weather and precipitation raised concerns about the pace of planting and germination, analysts said. A weaker dollar lent support, theoretically making U.S. grains more competitive globally. Soybeans followed corn […]

ICE weekly outlook: For canola, the only certainty is volatility

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding numbers may exceed USDA expectations

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn eases after WASDE report

Apr. 9, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Flax area seen expanding on strongest prices ever

Apr. 7, 2021 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs set new contract highs

Apr. 5, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Strong meat demand pushed U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures to new contract highs on Monday. The cattle market benefited from increasing demand for beef as the U.S. is entering the summer grilling season, analysts said. Prices for choice cuts of boxed beef soared by […]

By Tom Polansek

JBS profit bolstered by weak currency, strong Chinese and U.S. markets

Mar. 26, 2021 at 9:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meat processor JBS SA’s fourth-quarter profit rose 65 per cent from a year earlier, boosted by strong food sales in China and the U.S. and a sharp devaluation of Brazil’s real currency, the company said in a securities filing on Wednesday. For full-year 2020 its […]

By Ana Mano Nayara Figueiredo

Hog market recovering from pandemic lows

Mar. 26, 2021 at 8:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — In April 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, prices for lean hog futures dropped to their lowest point since 2002, falling below US$40 per hundredweight. Nearly a year later, the industry is in the middle of a speedy recovery. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets move ahead of USDA report

Mar. 24, 2021 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) market participants are awaiting next week’s prospective plantings report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out March 31. Ahead of the report, average trade estimates predict 93 million acres of corn, 90 million acres of soybeans and 46 million acres of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

New U.S. trade chief Tai focused on CUSMA, China ties in calls

Mar. 22, 2021 at 9:31 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — New U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai mapped out her priorities and Washington’s desire to rebuild alliances in initial calls on Monday with her counterparts from Canada, Britain and the European Union. Tai, sworn in Thursday as President Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator, emphasized climate change, racial […]

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder