Insights and Stories on Export

Grain flow shifts from China trade war may last years, CHS says

Dec. 19, 2019 at 4:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S.-China trade war has accelerated Brazilian efforts to erode the United States’ share of the world soybean export market, and some of the shifts in global grain flows could last for years, according to executives at CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farmer co-operative. Even with […]

Allegations of U.S. peas, lentils passed off as Canadian

Oct. 8, 2019 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ample world malt barley supply to limit export prices

Sep. 13, 2019 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain leaves Churchill for first time in four years

Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on demand worries

Sep. 5, 2019 at 8:46 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada says bogus certificates being used to smuggle meat into China

Jun. 26, 2019 at 11:57 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Unknown actors are using bogus certificates to smuggle Canadian meat into China, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Wednesday, a day after Beijing halted beef and pork imports citing falsified paperwork. China, which has already blocked imports of Canadian canola seed and product from three pork […]

By Kelsey Johnson

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 2:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Durum bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady, with prices only seeing small moves over the past month despite larger swings in spring wheat. Durum prices in southern Saskatchewan have traded in the $235-$243 per tonne area over the past month, a relatively narrow $8 trading range […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grain prices flagging

May. 16, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened across the Prairies, as seeding is well under and many producers have the coverage they need until new crops begin to come off the field in August. Markets are fundamentally bearish right now, as farmers with enough coverage can wait until prices get […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

China has not escalated canola seed dispute with Canada, Ottawa says

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — China has not escalated a dispute with Canada over the export of canola seeds and comments by the Canadian farm minister on the matter have been misunderstood, an agriculture ministry official said on Wednesday. China — embroiled in a major diplomatic dispute with Ottawa — has […]

By Reuters

Third canola exporter runs into trouble in China

Apr. 2, 2019 at 8:33 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters –– Chinese authorities have filed a quality complaint against a third Canadian exporter of canola, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Tuesday, potentially deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Ottawa. Early last month, China cited the discovery of pests as the reason for blocking shipments […]

By David Ljunggren