Insights and Stories on China

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand pressures domestic supply

Feb. 11, 2021 at 7:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Increasing demand for feed barley has created a strong but extremely tightened market for the crop and it may potentially buck seeding predictions for 2021-22. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg, said rising demand from China is also raising prices for […]

Malt barley demand rises, at home and abroad

Feb. 11, 2021 at 7:20 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soybeans rebound on strong demand

Feb. 11, 2021 at 6:40 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility day-to-day in bullish canola market

Feb. 10, 2021 at 7:45 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Argentine truckers end strike, freeing China-bound barley

Feb. 9, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

By Hugh Bronstein Maximilian Heath

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs rise on China disease worries

Feb. 8, 2021 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied to new contract highs on Monday on rising concerns about the spread of a deadly pig disease in China, the world’s largest hog and pork market, and as wintry weather in the U.S. Midwest threatened to disrupt hog movement. The gains […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn resumes climb ahead of monthly USDA report

Feb. 8, 2021 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rallied to a 7-1/2 year peak on Monday on buying ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report that is expected to show supplies of the grain tightening amid robust demand. Soybean and wheat futures also advanced in anticipation of the U.S. Department […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for fourth straight day

Feb. 5, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures extended their rally on Friday, setting a contract high for the fourth consecutive day on strong demand, while live cattle futures topped a one-year high. Traders predicted Chinese buyers will continue to snap up U.S. pork after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for third day

Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed on Thursday, setting a contract high for the third consecutive day on firm Chinese demand, traders said. Weekly U.S. pork export sales to China, the world’s top pork consumer, reached a three-month high of 17,873 tonnes in the week ended Jan. […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Grain exports, prices rise

Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:21 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As more Canadian feed grains make their way overseas, especially into China, domestic buyers may need to pay more secure supplies from emptying bins over the next few months. “Anything extra we’re able to export is getting exported at this point,” Brandon Motz, owner and sales manager of […]

By Adam Peleshaty