Insights and Stories on Exports

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s sales a day-to-day business

Oct. 10, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s pulse crop trade hasn’t stopped, even though its biggest customer, India, isn’t taking large amounts anymore. Instead, buyers are finding themselves having to take business one day at a time and become a bit more creative. “I think everyone is in the same boat; it’s not […]

Pulse weekly outlook: India extends pea, lentil tariffs

Oct. 2, 2018 at 4:56 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Informal NAFTA talks seen likely in next few days at U.N.

Sep. 23, 2018 at 10:21 pm CDT

By Allison Lampert

Mexico says will seek deal with Canada if NAFTA talks fail

Sep. 21, 2018 at 11:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on bargain buying, corn follows

Sep. 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ADM ramps up ethanol sales in Chicago, irking rivals

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland has sold unusually high volumes of ethanol into the Chicago market since late last year as export markets dried up, driving down prices in the U.S. Midwest and angering the company’s rivals, according to traders and regulatory data. The Illinois-based global commodities […]

By Jarrett Renshaw Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Hogs drop as large pork plants in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell sharply on Tuesday as a powerful hurricane roared toward the U.S. East Coast, threatening hog production in the Carolinas, home to some of the country’s largest packing plants. Pork producer Smithfield Foods said it will be shuttering two of its hog […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as huge harvest looms

Aug. 30, 2018 at 8:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Thursday on expectations of a massive U.S. harvest and worries about sluggish demand, traders said. Wheat futures fell on technical selling and profit-taking after Wednesday’s 3.5 per cent surge while corn futures were little changed. Chicago Board of Trade November soybean […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on new rumours of Russian export curbs

Aug. 29, 2018 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 3.5 per cent on Wednesday on technical buying and rumours that Russia might curb wheat exports, traders said. Soybeans and corn closed modestly higher, following wheat. Chicago Board of Trade December soft red winter wheat futures settled up 18-1/2 cents at $5.41-3/4 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. maps out tariff-related direct payments to farmers

Aug. 27, 2018 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday its farm aid package would include US$4.7 billion in direct payments to farmers to help offset losses from retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports this season. The bulk of the payments, $3.6 billion, would be made to soybean farmers […]

By Reuters