Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: Hog futures advance for second day

Feb. 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed higher on Friday for a second session on follow-through buying after Thursday’s limit-up close and reminders of stepped-up Chinese demand for U.S. pork, traders said. Benchmark April lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) settled up 1.375 cents, at […]

Coronavirus disrupts China meat imports, food supplies

Feb. 6, 2020 at 7:12 pm CST

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide on strong dollar, export uncertainty

Feb. 6, 2020 at 6:02 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on Tyson comment, short-covering

Feb. 6, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada, China both ‘furious’ over Huawei row, envoy says

Feb. 5, 2020 at 8:10 pm CST

By David Ljunggren

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs slide on export concerns

Feb. 5, 2020 at 8:04 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures fell on Wednesday on worries that the coronavirus outbreak would stall U.S. exports of pork and beef into China, traders said. Wall Street equity markets soared on reports that scientists were developing a vaccine for the deadly virus. But hog and […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola correcting off lows

Feb. 5, 2020 at 4:29 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market fell sharply over the last half of January but have turned the corner during the first few trading days of February. “I think we have room for some corrective gains,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said of the recovery in canola. The March […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans under pressure

Feb. 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Market participants on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are waiting to see how China’s novel coronavirus outbreak will impact commodity demand and the global economy. As of Wednesday, confirmed cases neared 25,000 and the death toll was close to 500. In the midst of dealing with the […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn end higher

Feb. 4, 2020 at 7:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, supported by a broad rebound in equity markets following losses sparked by a coronavirus outbreak in China, analysts said. Worries about harvest delays in Brazil’s soybean areas added support. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans settled up 2-1/2 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs, live cattle end mostly lower

Feb. 4, 2020 at 6:56 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures closed mostly lower on Tuesday on concerns about a heavy slaughter pace coupled with uncertainty about export demand from China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, traders said. The weak tone underscored fears that the coronavirus outbreak in China could reduce export demand for […]

By Julie Ingwersen