Insights and Stories on Exports

ICE weekly outlook: Canola acres could be in flux

May. 6, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s canola acres are generally expected to be higher in the first area report of the year from Statistics Canada, compared to the 20.96 million acres estimated to have been seeded in 2019. Estimates are wide-ranging, with some analysts predicting a slight reduction in canola area and others […]

U.S. livestock: Futures surge on technical buying as plants reopen

May. 6, 2020 at 4:34 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports up on year

May. 5, 2020 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Thunder Bay sees increased port traffic to start season

May. 5, 2020 at 6:58 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Hogs climb on strong pork exports, wholesale prices

Apr. 30, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on export demand, month-end position-squaring

Apr. 30, 2020 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose more than two per cent on Thursday, the biggest single-day advance in a month, on strong weekly export sales and news of fresh demand from top global soy buyer China, analysts said. Corn futures firmed for a second day on strong export […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures down off gains

Apr. 24, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday after three straight days of gains as investors took some risk out of the market due to demand uncertainty stemming from the global coronavirus pandemic, traders said. Wheat futures also were lower, with forecasts for some rain in […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pig farmers seek aid of $20 per hog against market crash

Apr. 23, 2020 at 12:24 pm CDT

Canada’s hog producers seek an immediate federal cash injection equivalent to $20 per hog against a market crash that’s expected to cost their sector about $675 million overall. Officials with the Canadian Pork Council on Thursday called for Ottawa to provide further aid to hog farmers who are now expecting […]

By Dave Bedard

G20 ag ministers say COVID-19 measures shouldn’t disrupt food supply

Apr. 21, 2020 at 5:47 pm CDT

Dubai | Reuters — Agriculture and food ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) countries agreed at a virtual meeting on Tuesday that emergency measures to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus must not upend global food supply chains. Their extraordinary meeting came as coronavirus lockdowns across the world […]

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey may see larger red lentil crop

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Turkey is expecting to see an increase in lentil production in 2020, according to a processor in the country. White bean production is also expected to rise, although chickpea production could be down slightly on the year. Fethi Sonmez, CEO of Turkey-based Armada Foods, expects to see red […]

By MarketsFarm Team