Insights and Stories on Exports

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

Apr. 29, 2019 at 3:39 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments […]

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

Apr. 16, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

Apr. 16, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Chris Prentice Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

Apr. 9, 2019 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

USDA to adjust format of monthly supply/demand report

Apr. 9, 2019 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

Mar. 20, 2019 at 9:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in China’s hog herd due to African swine fever (ASF) are underpinning the North American pork market and could create export opportunities for Canada — if this country manages to stay disease-free. ASF does not affect humans, but the highly viral disease is nearly 100 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans inch up on China purchases

Mar. 7, 2019 at 4:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched upward on Thursday on news that Chinese state-owned firms bought at least 500,000 tonnes of U.S. soybeans, while wheat futures dropped to their lowest levels in more than a year on pressure from a strengthening dollar, traders said. Chinese state-owned firms bought […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Canada working to end China’s canola block, Freeland says

Mar. 7, 2019 at 8:41 am CST

Montreal — The Canadian government is working hard to reopen Richardson International’s Canadian canola markets in China, says Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs. “We’re working closely with Canadian farmers and Canadian industry,” Freeland said in a brief interview after speaking at the Canadian Crops Convention (CCC) here Wednesday. […]

By Allan Dawson

Richardson disputes China claim of ‘hazardous pests’ in canola

Mar. 6, 2019 at 1:16 pm CST

Beijing/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian agribusiness Richardson International said on Wednesday that canola it shipped to China met regulatory requirements after a Chinese official charged that “hazardous pests” were found in samples taken recently from Canadian canola imports. Beijing this month cancelled Richardson’s registration to ship Canadian canola to China, […]

By ben-blanchard Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as trade concerns weigh

Feb. 28, 2019 at 6:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Thursday despite stronger-than-expected export sales as investors worried that an eagerly awaited trade deal between Washington and Beijing remained elusive. Wheat and corn also fell as heavy deliveries against the March contracts weighed on the market. There were 820 deliveries against […]

By Stephanie Kelly