Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag as traders eye Ukraine export negotiations

Jun. 3, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures weakened on Friday as traders monitored diplomatic talks aimed at resuming shipments of Ukrainian grain stalled since Russia’s invasion, analysts said. Soybean futures also declined as market participants booked profits before the weekend, brokers said. Ukraine was in focus as the […]

U.N. aid chief in Moscow to discuss Ukraine grain exports

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after earlier slide

Jun. 2, 2022 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.N. had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports

May. 31, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Kremlin says Putin ready to facilitate grain exports via Ukraine ports

May. 30, 2022 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

U.S. grains: Rainy forecast pushes soy to three-month high

May. 26, 2022 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied 2.7 per cent to a three-month high on Thursday as the latest weather forecasts for key northern growing areas turned wet again, threatening to add further delays to planting that was already well behind schedule, traders said. Corn futures were weaker on […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC projects normal yields, increased pulse production

May. 25, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A return to yields closer to long-range averages will result in greater production for most pulse crops in 2022-23, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s monthly outlook for principal field crops released last Friday. Many of the projections are based on the assumption that normal weather conditions will […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways for now

May. 25, 2022 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market may have seen some large price swings over the past few weeks, but remains relatively rangebound overall with values sitting just below their all-time highs. The upward momentum is slowing down, said David Derwin, a commodities investment advisor with PI Financial in Winnipeg. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Food crisis fuels fears of protectionism compounding shortages

May. 24, 2022 at 6:01 pm CDT

Davos | Reuters — A growing world food crisis is precipitating protectionist moves by countries which are likely to compound the problem and could lead to a wider trade war, business leaders and policymakers at the World Economic Forum said. In a sign of the escalating squeeze on food supplies […]

By Dan Burns Jessica DiNapoli

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures rise on export prospects

May. 23, 2022 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose on Monday, with the front-month contract hitting its highest since April 22, on expectations for a pick-up in demand from top pork consumer China, traders said. The most-active July hog futures contract ended firm for the sixth time in the […]

By Mark Weinraub