Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs end mixed after five-session rally

Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended mixed on Tuesday following five straight sessions of contract highs that triggered technical and speculative selling and profit taking in some futures months. The market, however, remained underpinned by strong cash hog prices, robust export demand and profitable pork packer margins, […]

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles as USDA projects supplies above market expectations

Feb. 9, 2021 at 5:46 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for fourth straight day

Feb. 5, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

StatsCan confirms canola stocks tightening

Feb. 5, 2021 at 4:51 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower, after rising on demand optimism

Feb. 5, 2021 at 4:24 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for third day

Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed on Thursday, setting a contract high for the third consecutive day on firm Chinese demand, traders said. Weekly U.S. pork export sales to China, the world’s top pork consumer, reached a three-month high of 17,873 tonnes in the week ended Jan. […]

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Grain exports, prices rise

Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:21 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As more Canadian feed grains make their way overseas, especially into China, domestic buyers may need to pay more secure supplies from emptying bins over the next few months. “Anything extra we’re able to export is getting exported at this point,” Brandon Motz, owner and sales manager of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn slips after touching new high on Chinese demand

Feb. 4, 2021 at 3:43 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures ended lower on Thursday after hitting a 7-1/2-year high, supported by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s confirmation of strong Chinese demand. Soybeans closed higher on strong weekly export sales as traders weighed rain delays to Brazil’s harvest. Wheat fell, despite weekly export sales at […]

By Christopher Walljasper

China’s appetite for feed barley sucks in new crop from Canada, France

Feb. 3, 2021 at 2:37 am CST

Paris | Reuters — China’s buying spree of French and Canadian barley is spilling into the 2021-22 crop with large forward purchases, due to its major feed grain needs and a prohibitive tariff on Australian barley, traders and analysts said. China has been sweeping up huge volumes of foreign crops […]

By Gus Trompiz

Oat prices running out of upside

Feb. 1, 2021 at 7:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Oat prices in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past year, but competition from other crops will likely lead to an acreage reduction this spring despite the firm prices, according to market participants. Ryan McKnight, from Linear Grain at Carman, Man., had seen prices for the […]

By Adam Peleshaty