Insights and Stories on Exports

Brandon pork plant’s exports to China suspended

Aug. 18, 2020 at 10:35 pm CDT

New Chinese rules for exporters and a number of COVID-19 cases among its workers have led Maple Leaf Foods to temporarily halt pork traffic to China from its biggest hog plant. The company said Tuesday it has “temporarily suspended pork exports to China on a voluntary basis due to recent […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures pull back on shaky demand

Aug. 18, 2020 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Feds to probe complaints of wheat gluten dumping

Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:54 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Pea crops strong, but prices falter

Aug. 12, 2020 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Thunder Bay grain exports continue at strong pace

Aug. 11, 2020 at 8:00 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Canadian canola prices spike as shippers find back door to China

Aug. 10, 2020 at 2:25 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — Canadian canola prices have soared to the highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing, as exporters find roundabout ways to reach top oilseed buyer China. Chinese authorities have since March 2019 blocked canola shipments by two Canadian exporters, an action […]

By Hallie Gu Rod Nickel

Canola exports top 10 million tonnes in 2019-20

Aug. 7, 2020 at 5:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Total Canadian canola exports during the 2019-20 crop year were up nine per cent on the year, and slightly above the five-year average, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). With 229,800 tonnes exported during the final week of the 2019-20 marketing year, […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

Aug. 6, 2020 at 8:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog and cattle futures fell on Thursday, pressured by signs of declining export demand for U.S. supplies. The U.S Agriculture Department on Thursday morning said that beef export sales totaled 15,100 tonnes in the week ended July 30, down 50.8 per cent from […]

By Reuters

Union seeks temporary halt for major Manitoba hog plant

Aug. 6, 2020 at 7:57 pm CDT

The union for about 2,000 workers at Maple Leaf Foods’ main Canadian hog slaughter and packing plant is calling for the company to put the brakes on production, pending further tests for COVID-19 among employees. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 said Thursday it was “made aware” late […]

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market under pressure

Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Lost demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping pressure on the Canadian chickpea market, despite disease issues causing problems for nearly a third of the country’s crop, according to an industry source. After disease caused problems for chickpeas in some areas of southern Saskatchewan in 2019, the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin