Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds on technicals, sales to China

Mar. 19, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rebounded on Friday in an end-of-week technical and bargain buying bounce from steep losses the previous day. Corn received an additional boost from the U.S. Agriculture Department’s (USDA) confirmation of large sales to China for a fourth straight day, lifting the […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slump in broad-based commodities selloff

Mar. 18, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide on slowing exports, Argentina rains

Mar. 17, 2021 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb to 6-1/2-year high

Mar. 17, 2021 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Baltic Dry Index tops 2,000 points

Mar. 17, 2021 at 1:57 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Port of Churchill moves to 100 per cent local ownership

Mar. 11, 2021 at 6:24 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Port of Churchill is undergoing an ownership transition that will see its OneNorth community and Indigenous partners assume 100 per cent ownership of the Hudson Bay port and the rail line connecting it to northwestern Manitoba. The Churchill Marine Tank Farm and associated assets are also part […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse weekly outlook: Pulse Canada CEO retiring

Mar. 10, 2021 at 3:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After nearly 24 years at the helm of Pulse Canada, Gordon Bacon is retiring as the organization’s chief executive officer. Bacon was Pulse Canada’s first hire and has been its CEO since its inception. “It sounds like a story, but on my first day on the job, I […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New data from Statistics Canada on Tuesday showed Canadian farm cash receipts went up in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, on the strength of rising crop prices and exports. The total value of farm cash receipts in the country totalled $71.7 billion in 2020, an 8.1 per cent […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs down off recent gains

Mar. 2, 2021 at 7:12 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped 2.7 per cent on Tuesday as the market retreated from recent surges. Profit-taking has weighed on prices since most-active April hog futures reached a life-of-contract high on Thursday. Still, traders said robust Chinese demand for pork imports is underpinning […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Profit taking pressures wheat, corn, soybeans

Feb. 26, 2021 at 4:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid 2.8 per cent on Friday, their second straight day of declines, on a profit-taking setback as warming weather in the U.S. reduced the threat of damage to the dormant crop, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also were weaker […]

By Mark Weinraub