Insights and Stories on Shutdown

Feb. 13, 2020 at 5:10 pm CST

Canadian National Railway (CN) is shutting down its Eastern Canada operations due to ongoing blockades on its rail lines in Ontario. The company announced Thursday it’s been “forced to initiate a disciplined and progressive shutdown” in the region, which means “stopping and safely securing all transcontinental trains across its Canadian […]

By GFM Staff

Feb. 13, 2019 at 3:11 pm CST

As high-level trade talks are underway in Beijing this week between the U.S. and China, commodity markets are watching carefully, said an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. “All eyes are on March 1,” said Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. Should negotiators fail to make any progress toward resolving […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended firm on Friday as late-session short-covering lifted prices from lows notched after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected record large U.S. soy stocks amid a still-unresolved trade dispute with top importer China. Corn eased after USDA released a flood of data […]

By Karl Plume

Feb. 6, 2019 at 7:10 pm CST

Pending the release of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports on Friday, trading on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has remained quiet, according to one broker, who was cautious about U.S. soybean sales to China. Following the 35-day partial U.S. government shutdown that ended Jan. 25, USDA will have […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jan. 30, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

ICE canola futures are quiet at the end of January, but could see some movement from outside influences in the coming weeks, according to Exceed Grain senior marketing analyst Wayne Palmer. “Everybody is waiting to see what’s going to happen with the Chinese/United States (trade) talks,” he said. Two days […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm