Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise as cash values firm

Sep. 9, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose on Wednesday, reaching a four-month high on firming cash hog prices, optimism about pork demand and technical buying, analysts said. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange October lean hog futures contract settled above its 200-day moving average, rising 1.475 cents to end at […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola shows volatility after long weekend

Sep. 9, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Export demand underpins commodities

Sep. 9, 2020 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chinese buying, crop doubts push soy to two-year high

Sep. 4, 2020 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

China ban turns Australian barley growers toward domestic market

Sep. 2, 2020 at 10:55 pm CDT

By Colin Packham

ICE weekly outlook: How long can canola rally last?

Aug. 26, 2020 at 7:55 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola on ICE Futures has continued to push higher over the last week largely due to the growing strength in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade. “We got soyoil at a seven-month high and that’s certainly a supportive factor in continuing to underpin our market,” said Keith […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Olymel’s Red Deer plant holds at one COVID case

Aug. 20, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

A production line employee at Olymel’s hog slaughter plant at Red Deer, Alta. remains the facility’s lone COVID-19 case after her contacts at the plant tested negative for the virus, the company says. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec ag co-operative Sollio, confirmed the lone COVID-19 case at its […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest, export prospects weighed

Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans slipped on Thursday after a seven-month peak a day earlier, while corn eased as traders set recent storm damage against generally strong prospects for harvest yields. Wheat ended higher as traders digested competing signals for global supply. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago […]

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: Canola steady at midweek

Aug. 19, 2020 at 8:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts at ICE Futures showed strength earlier in the week, due to comparable strength in Chicago soyoil. “Bean oil is keeping it firm,” said Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg — but canola was still lagging behind. “It won’t go up as much as United States […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch seven-month high on export optimism

Aug. 19, 2020 at 4:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed to a seven-month high on Wednesday on U.S. export optimism and concerns over continued dryness across parts of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. Chicago corn edged lower, as a Midwest crop tour estimated higher yields, offsetting storm damage concerns in Iowa. The […]

By Christopher Walljasper