Insights and Stories on Exports

Feed weekly outlook: Record imports of U.S. corn likely

Nov. 18, 2021 at 5:12 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian imports of corn from the United States are picking up and could hit a record this year, given the tight supply situation across the Prairies. The most recent export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed Canada as the country’s largest corn customer during the […]

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat up on strong exports, inflation worries

Nov. 17, 2021 at 5:56 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean purchases steal wheat’s thunder

Nov. 17, 2021 at 3:12 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat down off nine-year high

Nov. 16, 2021 at 6:37 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend rallies on strong demand

Nov. 15, 2021 at 4:24 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

Viterra seeking expansion in Americas, Australia, sources say

Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:46 pm CST

London | Reuters — Swiss miner and trader Glencore and its partners are looking at options to expand their agricultural joint venture Viterra, including targeted bolt-on acquisitions in the Americas and Australia, two sources close to the matter said. The firm, formerly known as Glencore Agriculture, made the headlines in […]

By Clara Denina

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally as global stocks tighten

Nov. 10, 2021 at 4:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rallied on Wednesday, with the front-month K.C. hard red winter wheat contract jumping to its highest in 7-1/2 years, on concerns about tightening global supplies and strong export demand. Corn futures also rose, with the most-active contract surging 2.6 per cent in its […]

By Tom Polansek

Beef cattle producers ‘encouraged’ by new CPTPP applicants

Oct. 29, 2021 at 8:40 am CDT

With their exports on an upswing, the organization for Canada’s beef cattle producers says it’s “encouraged to see other countries’ interest” in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Oct. 18 noted the official applications to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) from […]

By Dave Bedard

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused by container shortages and port congestion the industry is calling “containergeddon,” according to traders. Container-based transportation has been hit by sky-high costs […]

By Marcelo Teixeira

Mexico won’t limit GMO corn imports from U.S., ag minister says

Oct. 22, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

Ankeny, Iowa | Reuters — Mexico’s agriculture minister said the country would not limit imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn from the United States during a meeting with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Iowa on Wednesday. Mexico published an executive order late last year that sought to ban in […]

By Tom Polansek