Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle futures firm on weaker corn

May. 2, 2022 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME live and feeder cattle futures firmed on Monday, supported by lower corn futures, an input cost to feeder cattle, analysts said. “The big driver there was just lower corn,” said Josh Steinhilber, broker at Cattlehedgers.com. “We got spillover into the live cattle.” CME August feeder […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up off three days of losses

Apr. 28, 2022 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Confluence of events’ keeps corn, soy supported

Apr. 27, 2022 at 9:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures weak as feeding costs rise

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures fall to lowest since early March

Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Indonesia’s palm oil export ban seen short-lived on limited storage

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:56 pm CDT

Jakarta/Mumbai | Reuters — Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports is unlikely to last more than a month as Jakarta has limited infrastructure to store the surplus oil and the country faces mounting pressure from buyers to resume shipments, industry officials said. The world’s top palm oil exporter announced plans […]

By Bernadette Christina rajendra-jadhav

U.S. grains: Soyoil surges on Indonesia export ban

Apr. 22, 2022 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to all-time highs on Friday after Indonesia blocked exports of palm oil, a competing vegetable oil, but soybean and corn futures fell on profit-taking ahead of the weekend. Wheat futures ended modestly lower after a choppy session as brokers weighed tightening global […]

By Julie Ingwersen

IGC tweaks old-crop numbers, makes bigger changes in new-crop

Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:33 am CDT

MarketsFarm — There were a few tweaks to the old-crop data in the April supply/demand report from the International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday — but somewhat more significant numbers for its new-crop projections. For the 2021-22 crop year, the IGC bumped up total global grain production by three million […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat retreat from recent highs

Apr. 21, 2022 at 7:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing weekly U.S. export sales data and a round of profit-taking after multi-year highs set this week, analysts said. Wheat futures also fell, retreating from recent six-week highs, while soybean futures inched higher, supported by export demand for U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. ASF forced China to cull millions of hogs and increase imports. China continued […]

By Nayara Figueiredo