Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on weak exports

Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell on Thursday, pressured by softening wholesale pork prices and weak export demand, analysts said. “We’re going to have more supply coming at us, and that’s putting pressure on the wholesale market,” said Altin Kalo, economist at Steiner Consulting Group. […]

U.S. grains: Wheat down on weak U.S. demand, Ukraine grain shipments

Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.N. chief seeks ‘spirit of compromise’ over Ukraine grain initiative

Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:40 pm CDT

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea harvest approaches amid low worldwide supplies

Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

First Ukraine grain deal ship docks in Turkey

Aug. 12, 2022 at 2:16 am CDT

By Reuters

JBS quarterly profit falls almost 10 per cent but tops estimates

Aug. 11, 2022 at 7:19 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, posted an almost 10 per cent drop in net profits, to US$766 million, driven by the relative weakness of its U.S. beef and pork units in the second quarter, according to an earnings statement on Thursday. Still, it beat analysts’ […]

By Reuters

Russia to ban some imports of seeds from Canada, Europe

Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:35 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia will ban imports of some seeds from several locations in Europe and Canada from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on Thursday, citing non-compliance by suppliers with phytosanitary requirements as the reason. Imports of tomato and carrot seeds will be banned from a nursery […]

By Reuters

U.N. expects ‘big uptick’ in ships wanting to export Ukraine grain

Aug. 10, 2022 at 2:27 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The United Nations expects a “big uptick” in ships wanting to export Ukraine grain through the Black Sea after transit procedures were agreed and a goal of two to five million tonnes a month is “achievable,” a senior U.N. official said Wednesday. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey […]

By Michelle Nichols

Cargill fiscal 2022 revenue jumps to record US$165 billion

Aug. 10, 2022 at 2:16 pm CDT

Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill on Tuesday reported that its fiscal year 2022 revenue jumped 23 per cent from a year earlier to a record US$165 billion. The strong result was the latest for a global agricultural commodities trader after rivals ADM and Bunge reported solid earnings last month […]

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends lentil tariff suspension

Aug. 9, 2022 at 2:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The decision by India’s government to continue with a suspension of import tariffs on lentils has been met with a sigh of relief from Pulse Canada. On Feb. 12, India removed an 11 per cent tariff on Canadian lentils, just seven months after reducing the same tariff from […]

By Adam Peleshaty