Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs lower on China trade worries

Jun. 1, 2020 at 7:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell Monday on worries that deteriorating relations between the United States and China, the world’s biggest pork importer, could inhibit U.S. pork sales to the Asian nation, traders said. China told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans end fractionally lower amid China trade woes

Jun. 1, 2020 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

China buys U.S. soybeans after halt to U.S. purchases reportedly ordered

Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Hallie Gu Karl Plume Keith Zhai

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on China tensions

May. 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower ahead of weekend

May. 29, 2020 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs lower on China tensions

May. 28, 2020 at 5:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures dropped by as much as the daily trading limit on Thursday on worries that rising tensions between Washington and Beijing could limit U.S. pork purchases by China, the world’s largest pork consumer. Sino-U.S. relations have worsened as the White House has threatened […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat up as weather, currency spark short-covering

May. 28, 2020 at 3:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped on Thursday to a five-week high as a weaker dollar, forecasts for hotter, drier weather in the Midwest corn belt and a further rebound in ethanol production triggered bargain buying and short-covering by managed funds. Wheat futures also rallied on expanding dryness […]

By Karl Plume

Huawei extradition ruling could unleash more Chinese backlash

May. 28, 2020 at 1:50 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — A British Columbia court ruling that could permit the extradition of a senior Huawei executive to the U.S. leaves Canada vulnerable to further retaliation from Beijing, analysts said. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on Wednesday lost a challenge to a U.S. bid to extradite her […]

By David Ljunggren Steve Scherer

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

May. 27, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Favourable growing conditions across most of the U.S. — and a good start to the growing season — have kept commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade locked in a sideways range. In the crop progress report released Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on slowed planting progress

May. 27, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Wednesday as a slowdown in plantings in the Midwest and forecasts for more disruptive weather lifted prices to two-week highs, although technical selling kept a lid on gains. Corn also edged higher after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported slower-than-anticipated […]

By Karl Plume