Insights and Stories on Exports

Indonesia palm oil production to rise, USDA attache says

Mar. 25, 2022 at 6:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There’s to be a small increase in palm oil production in Indonesia in 2022-23, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Jakarta. The attaché pegged palm oil output to rise by 1.1 per cent at 46 million tonnes due to favourable weather and higher prices for producers. […]

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on export strength

Mar. 25, 2022 at 6:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Prices likely to hold firm after CP stoppage

Mar. 24, 2022 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans fall with exports in focus

Mar. 24, 2022 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hog futures ease after hitting contract highs

Mar. 24, 2022 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Reuters

Mainland U.S. moving to resume P.E.I. potato imports

Mar. 24, 2022 at 1:55 pm CDT

Exports of fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island to the mainland U.S. are expected to resume “soon” as U.S. officials move to put new rules in place for such shipments. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said Thursday that Canada “is expected to soon […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Export demand boosts soybeans

Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, hitting their highest in nearly a month on expectations that demand for U.S. supplies will remain strong due to harvest shortfalls in South America, traders said. The crop woes in Argentina and […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise on strong exports

Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday on signs that export demand for U.S. supplies remained firm even as South American farmers harvest their crops. Corn and wheat futures were mixed, with nearby contracts easing and deferred offerings rising. “It is really a mixed bag out here,” […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy futures fall

Mar. 18, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures eased on Friday as traders monitored diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and gauged continuing disruptions to Black Sea crop exports. More than three weeks after launching its invasion, in what Moscow calls a “special military operation,” the Russian […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, feeder cattle slide

Mar. 17, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs and feeder cattle futures fell on Thursday on a flurry of technical trading, as feed prices rebounded and investors scrambled to find stable footing amid continued volatility in commodity markets. Live cattle inched up, while cash cattle saw limited action in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter