Insights and Stories on Exports

Canola exports still sluggish, but grains solid

Feb. 22, 2019 at 8:18 pm CST

Canadian canola exports continue to lag behind the year-ago pace, with large supplies in the commercial pipeline, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada only exported 69,900 tonnes of canola during the week ended Sunday, well below the 205,500 tonnes that moved the previous week. […]

U.S. grains: Crop prices seesaw as traders eye China talks

Feb. 22, 2019 at 7:18 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Feb. 21, 2019 at 3:39 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Feb. 20, 2019 at 4:18 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Barley ‘price war’ seen sparked by China, Saudi demand drop

Feb. 14, 2019 at 7:36 pm CST

By Reuters

Canadian canola runs into Chinese delays after Huawei arrest

Feb. 5, 2019 at 8:39 pm CST

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — A political dispute between China and Canada over the arrest of a Huawei executive is slowing canola shipments through Chinese ports and causing some importers to hesitate to buy from their biggest supplier, according to interviews with a dozen traders. Since Canadian authorities arrested Huawei chief […]

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu Rod Nickel

Canadian wheat exports keep strong pace

Jan. 25, 2019 at 7:00 pm CST

Canadian wheat exports during the 2018-19 crop year-to-date are running at a record pace, with exports as of Sunday roughly 1.4 million tonnes ahead of what was exported during the same time frame the previous crop year. Canada has exported 8.87 million tonnes of wheat as of Sunday, according to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on South America weather worries

Jan. 23, 2019 at 3:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday on worries about poor crop weather reducing yield potential in South America, analysts said, while traders continued to watch for any developments in U.S. trade relations with top global soy buyer China. Wheat firmed on hopes that rising prices in […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canola trade on edge over China tensions

Jan. 17, 2019 at 9:32 pm CST

Canadian canola exports to China face some uncertainty as concerns mount that political tensions between the two countries could spill into trade. The back-and-forth tariff dispute between the U.S. and China, and resulting decline in Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans, originally led to ideas that Canada would pick up some […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ag seen gaining on slightly weaker loonie in 2019

Jan. 11, 2019 at 7:38 pm CST

CNS Canada — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) predicts the Canadian dollar will spend the year around the 75-U.S. cent mark — slightly softer than last year’s average of 76. “We’re going to see volatility throughout the year obviously but when we look at that season, or the full year average, […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm