Insights and Stories on Exports

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

Sep. 6, 2019 at 7:05 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada, locked in a major dispute with Beijing, is taking the first formal step at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s decision to block Canadian canola exports, Trade Minister Jim Carr said Friday. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top Huawei Technologies executive last […]

StatsCan confirms record-large canola ending stocks

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on sluggish exports, mild weather

Sep. 6, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Ag sector growth will take investments in skills, tech now: RBC

Aug. 28, 2019 at 5:37 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

Aug. 26, 2019 at 1:51 pm CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

On the front lines: Trade war sinks North Dakota soy growers

Aug. 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm CDT

Colfax, N.D. | Reuters — North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state. The industry here — on the far northwestern edge of the U.S. farm belt, close to Pacific ports — spent millions on grain storage and rail-loading infrastructure while boosting plantings by five-fold […]

By Karl Plume

Mexico and U.S. reach deal to end tomato tariff spat

Aug. 21, 2019 at 11:34 am CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexican tomato producers have reached a deal with the U.S. government to avoid an anti-dumping investigation, Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Wednesday, ending a testy tariff dispute that had rumbled on for months. Under the deal, the vast majority of Mexican tomato exports […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures break losing streak

Aug. 15, 2019 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures steadied near a three-month low on Thursday as traders said the market was oversold following sharp declines stemming from a bearish U.S. Agriculture Department harvest forecast issued on Monday. Soybean futures traded higher overnight but turned lower after a weak export sales report. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tumble on worsening U.S.-China trade ties

Aug. 6, 2019 at 6:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply on Tuesday as growing tensions between Washington and Beijing fueled worries about U.S. pork exports. China, the world’s largest hog and pork market, has threatened to halt all purchases of U.S. agricultural products after U.S. President Donald […]

By Karl Plume

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

Jul. 10, 2019 at 6:20 pm CDT

Corrected, July 11 — MarketsFarm — B.C.- based pulse exporter ILTA Grain, which operates pulse handling and processing facilities in Saskatchewan, has been granted creditor protection by that province’s Supreme Court. “The decision to file for (Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection) was made after careful consideration and in our view, […]

By MarketsFarm Team