Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs ease for second day

Aug. 21, 2018 at 5:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Front-month U.S. hog futures fell on Tuesday for a second straight session on technical selling and doubts about whether trade talks this week between China and the U.S. would ease tensions, traders said. CME Group live cattle futures settled modestly higher while feeder cattle futures declined. […]

Russian ag minister sees no need for wheat export duty, for now

Aug. 21, 2018 at 11:58 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat tops one-week high on Russia export concerns

Aug. 17, 2018 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Turkish currency crisis casts cloud over lentil exports

Aug. 14, 2018 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy jumps as U.S. readies aid for farmers

Jul. 24, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

‘Hi, I’m a soybean’: China deploys cartoon legume to reach U.S. farmers

Jul. 22, 2018 at 1:44 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters –– In the tense trade war with the United States, China’s government has turned to an unlikely weapon: a cartoon bean. “Hi, everybody. I am a soybean. I may not look like much, but I’m very important,” says the animated character in a video posted on Friday […]

By Reuters

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

Jul. 16, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing. Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy sinks to new lows as trade war seen swelling supply

Jul. 13, 2018 at 3:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slid to fresh lows on Friday and the most-active contract closed at the lowest in nearly a decade after a government report reinforced concerns that the trade dispute with China will dent exports and lead to a build-up in stocks. Corn futures followed […]

By Karl Plume

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian exports face market changes

Jun. 26, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a year in which Canada’s largest pulse buyer, India, imposed import tariffs, Canadian pulse crops are seeing a shift in export dynamics. Lentil and pea exports in Canada are down this year compared to last. According to data from the Canadian Grain Commission, as of June […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains

Jun. 12, 2018 at 5:35 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canada’s surging exports of protein-rich skim milk powder have angered farmers in the U.S., as the sheltered dairy sector in Canada draws the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump for its high tariffs. Canada cannot expect to have both a protected system and compete globally, U.S. […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel