Insights and Stories on China

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle drop on large supplies

Aug. 27, 2019 at 3:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures crumbled under the weight of large supplies and a lack of news about trade talks with China on Tuesday, while cattle futures also weakened. The declines were a turnaround from Monday, when hog futures climbed on hopes for easing tensions in the […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit up as trade tensions cool

Aug. 26, 2019 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise as trade tensions ease

Aug. 26, 2019 at 8:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

Aug. 26, 2019 at 1:51 pm CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit down as trade war heats up

Aug. 23, 2019 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide following fresh round of China tariffs

Aug. 23, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-month low and soybeans neared a three-week bottom after China said it would impose additional tariffs on U.S. products including grains and soy, escalating the trade war between the world’s top two economies. On the Chicago Board of Trade, soybean futures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on soybeans, beef, pork, more

Aug. 23, 2019 at 1:30 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China said Friday it will impose retaliatory tariffs against about US$75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting as much as an extra 10 per cent on top of existing rates in the dispute between the world’s top two economies. The latest salvo from China comes after […]

By Judy Hua Se Young Lee

On the front lines: Trade war sinks North Dakota soy growers

Aug. 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm CDT

Colfax, N.D. | Reuters — North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state. The industry here — on the far northwestern edge of the U.S. farm belt, close to Pacific ports — spent millions on grain storage and rail-loading infrastructure while boosting plantings by five-fold […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Thursday, stabilizing from three-month lows set a day earlier, supported by worries that cool weather could slow the maturity of the delayed U.S. crop, analysts said. Wheat rose on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. But soybean futures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Shut out of China, Canada finds canola buyers in drought-damaged Europe

Aug. 22, 2019 at 2:48 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Paris | Reuters — Crop-scorching drought in Europe is providing Canadian canola farmers a timely new opportunity to move supplies that have piled up since China stopped buying this year. Rising European sales are taking some of the sting out of losing the Chinese market for Canadian farmers, although ICE […]

By Gus Trompiz Rod Nickel