Insights and Stories on China

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

Jul. 6, 2020 at 3:33 pm CDT

China has temporarily suspended imports of beef from Cargill’s major beef packing plant at High River, Alta., part of a long list of meat plants blocked in the last half of June. The Reuters news service on Monday published a list of meat packing plants from around the world which […]

U.S. grains: Corn pauses after fund buying spree, watches weather

Jul. 2, 2020 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rise on new-month buying

Jul. 1, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:55 am CDT

By Reuters

Food exporters sign safety declarations in lieu of virus-free guarantees

Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:37 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat end higher ahead of USDA reports

Jun. 29, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose on Monday on short-covering and position-squaring ahead of key reports due on Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and word that China was in the market for the grain after futures fell to a seven-week low last week, analysts said. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. senators question packers over exports to China during pandemic

Jun. 24, 2020 at 9:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Two prominent U.S. Senate Democrats are pressing America’s top meatpackers to disclose by month’s end how much pork, beef and chicken they shipped to China during the coronavirus outbreak while warning of possible meat shortages at home. The request from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Futures rise as frozen meat stocks decline

Jun. 23, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures firmed on Tuesday following two sessions of declines after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data showed a larger-than-anticipated decline in cold-storage stocks of pork and beef. The USDA stocks report, released after the close on Monday, showed a record-large drop in […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn drops to three-week low

Jun. 23, 2020 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for a second straight session on Tuesday and touched a three-week low on an unexpected rise in government crop condition ratings and favorable U.S. Midwest weather that was seen bolstering the recently planted crop. Soybean prices also eased, despite a decline in […]

By Karl Plume

Pompeo urges China to release two detained Canadians

Jun. 22, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Monday for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China with espionage, saying the United States was “extremely concerned” and that the two men’s detention was unjustified. “These charges are politically motivated and completely groundless,” Pompeo said […]

By Reuters