Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall from gains as cash prices ease

Sep. 17, 2019 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Tuesday, with the most-active contract dropping by the daily maximum, due to weak cash prices and technical selling, traders said. Pork cutout values eased for carcasses, loins, bellies and other products, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. December lean […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 16, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Ample world malt barley supply to limit export prices

Sep. 13, 2019 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Andrew Galbraith

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — In the latest supply and demand report from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the global wheat forecast was revised downward due to difficult weather conditions. USDA has now projected 765.53 million tonnes of wheat to be produced in 2019-20, according to the department’s world agriculture supply and demand […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on big Chinese purchase

Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit a six-week high on Friday as China’s first large purchase of U.S. beans in months and easing of some duties on U.S. exports fuelled hopes of a detente in the tariff war between Washington and Beijing. Corn also firmed as signs of […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China tariff exemption

Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed by an expanded daily limit on Friday as China said it would exempt U.S. pork from additional tariffs imposed during its trade war with the United States. The exemptions raised hopes for Chinese buying and were seen as the latest sign […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a one-month high on Thursday on news of fresh export sales to China and signs of a possible easing of the U.S. trade dispute with the world’s biggest buyer of the oilseed. Corn and wheat futures also rose, following soybeans. Meanwhile, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on expectations for Chinese buying

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed the daily exchange-imposed limit on Thursday on increasing expectations for Chinese buying as the world’s two largest economies prepared for talks aimed at breaking the logjam in their trade war. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will temporarily expand the trading limit […]

By Tom Polansek