Insights and Stories on Exports

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

Oct. 6, 2020 at 3:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hog prices in North America typically come under pressure heading into fall, as the end of barbecue season coincides with more hogs coming to slaughter. However, strong global demand has propped up hog prices in recent weeks, with cash prices increasing by over 25 per cent. Fewer hogs […]

U.S. livestock: Nearby cattle futures lower on profit-taking

Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month top on tightening stocks

Oct. 1, 2020 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Ginseng piling up in Canada despite Chinese demand

Sep. 30, 2020 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Farah Master Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest advances

Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

Sep. 25, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure weighs on corn, soybeans

Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped to their lowest in more than a week on Thursday, with investors locking in gains made from a recent rally as combines rolled across key production areas of the Midwest, traders said. “The grains appear to be in full-on profit-taking […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices on rise despite harvest

Sep. 24, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada have been showing some unusual strength in late September, with prices rising despite seasonal harvest pressure. “Right now we’ve been seeing a lot of talk about exports and the need for feed at feedlots,” said Erin Harakal, senior trader at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as dollar rises

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, pressured by a firm dollar that traders said was depressing already weak overseas demand for U.S. supplies. “We are still not getting the export demand,” said Mark Schultz, chief market analyst at Northstar Commodity. […]

By Mark Weinraub