Insights and Stories on Exports

Canola shipments boost Thunder Bay port activity

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Cargo movement through the Port of Thunder Bay is running ahead of the previous year’s pace, with some of the extra movement tied to increased canola exports to Europe, according to the latest data from the port authority. Total cargo movement in September of 1.1 million tonnes compares […]

JBS USA to produce pork without ractopamine

Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:19 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle trade bullish on potential exports to Japan

Sep. 27, 2019 at 6:29 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

Sep. 26, 2019 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall on big U.S. supply

Sep. 26, 2019 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

AAFC raises 2019-20 canola, wheat ending stocks

Sep. 24, 2019 at 2:15 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian ending stocks of canola and wheat will be larger than earlier thought, according to updated supply/demand tables Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released late Friday. AAFC raised its canola ending stocks estimate for 2019-20 to a record 4.5 million tonnes, up from the August estimate of 3.775 million […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United […]

By Andrew Galbraith

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on big Chinese purchase

Sep. 13, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit a six-week high on Friday as China’s first large purchase of U.S. beans in months and easing of some duties on U.S. exports fuelled hopes of a detente in the tariff war between Washington and Beijing. Corn also firmed as signs of […]

By Karl Plume

As harvest drags on, malt barley quality uncertain

Sep. 11, 2019 at 7:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The quality of Canada’s 2019-20 barley crop remains to be seen, as cool and wet harvest conditions across much of the Prairies are raising concerns over how much will meet malt specifications. “We’ll lose a lot of malting barley this year, because of the weather,” said Peter Watts, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Worst-case no-deal Brexit plan warns of food shortages

Sep. 11, 2019 at 7:07 pm CDT

London | Reuters — The British government’s plans for a no-deal Brexit warn of severe disruption to cross-Channel routes, affecting the supply of medicines and certain types of fresh foods, and say that protests and counter-protests will take place across the country, accompanied by a possible rise in public disorder. […]

By Reuters