Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop on weaker pork, falling prices in China

Jun. 21, 2021 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Monday, continuing a retreat from multi-year highs set earlier this month as cash pork prices dropped and worries increased about Chinese import demand for U.S. pork. Technical selling and profit-taking have sped the multi-session decline after the actively traded […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on long-term forecast, China demand

Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:22 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Businesses, U.S. legislators fume as Canada extends travel ban

Jun. 18, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down for second consecutive day

Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Corn stocks cut in USDA WASDE report

Jun. 10, 2021 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s tariff elimination has little effect on Canada

Jun. 2, 2021 at 6:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A temporary elimination of some import duties on three pulses currently has little effect on Canada, according to Mac Ross, director of market access and trade policy for Pulse Canada. Earlier in mid-May, the Indian government ordered the suspension of tariffs on pigeon peas, mung beans and urad/black […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Canada’s barley exports show no signs of slowing

May. 28, 2021 at 8:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Tight Canadian barley supplies, due in part to surging export demand, have kept feed grain bids well supported in the Prairies over the past few months. The cupboards, however, are not quite bare, with weekly Canadian barley exports hitting their second-highest level of the crop-year-to-date. Canada exported 175,500 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn limit-up on export demand, short-covering

May. 27, 2021 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures surged more than six per cent on Thursday in a technical-buying and short-covering bounce from one-month lows and as strong demand for feed grains supported prices. Soybeans followed corn higher, rising for the first time in eight sessions after hitting the lowest point […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs firm on meat demand

May. 27, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures climbed on Thursday on firming cash beef and pork prices and strong weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Feeder cattle futures were lower, however, pressured by soaring corn feed prices. USDA data […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn up off one-month low

May. 26, 2021 at 4:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures recovered slightly on Wednesday from a steep selloff a day earlier as bargain buying and technical buying lifted prices from one-month lows, although gains were limited by favourable crop weather across the U.S. Midwest. Soybeans were mostly lower, extending prior-session losses on good […]

By Karl Plume