Insights and Stories on China

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:24 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig […]

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy prices to continue climbing

Oct. 16, 2019 at 8:46 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stay rangebound

Oct. 16, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle climb on hopes for higher cash trade

Oct. 16, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on trade uncertainty, harvest progress

Oct. 16, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy decline as China trade uncertainty lingers

Oct. 15, 2019 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed lower on Tuesday on technical selling and seasonal pressure from the expanding U.S. harvest, along with uncertainty about the terms of a U.S.-China trade pact announced last month, analysts said. Wheat followed the weaker trend, with all three markets retreating […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs limit up on optimism for Chinese pork demand

Oct. 15, 2019 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures hit a two-week high on Tuesday, with the benchmark December contract rising its daily limit of three cents per pound on optimism about increasing pork demand from China, traders said. Food prices in China have soared, driven mainly by a sharp increase […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Trump’s hailing of Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:42 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China is still a long way from forking out US$50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on Monday, cautioning that getting there is contingent on removing substantial technical and political hurdles. Outlining the first phase of a deal to end […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on weather worries

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures neared a four-month high on Monday, supported by fears that wintry weather over the weekend threatened Midwest production at a time of tightening U.S. soy supplies, analysts said. Wheat futures firmed on short-covering and worries about frosty temperatures in the U.S. Plains wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

Oct. 11, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers cheered the Trump administration’s announcement of a potentially dramatic increase in U.S. agricultural sales to China on Friday but warned they needed to see a follow-through of actual purchases. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the agricultural purchases could scale up to $40 billion-$50 billion […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek