Insights and Stories on South Korea

File photo of apple picking in a Quebec orchard.

In South Korea’s ‘apple county’, farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal

Jul. 22, 2025 at 10:20 am CDT

South Korean apple farmers, who account for about a third of the roughly 14,000 households in the sleepy rural area of Cheongsong county, worry that their way of life could be under threat from an influx of cheap U.S. imports.

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

Dec. 22, 2021 at 2:23 pm CST

By Reuters

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

Sep. 23, 2019 at 8:36 pm CDT

By Reuters

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

Jun. 26, 2018 at 3:58 am CDT

By Reuters

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

Jun. 18, 2018 at 10:26 am CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after Canadian officials announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in southern Alberta. “We will only allow sale of wheat products that are confirmed not to contain unapproved […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Mar. 13, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by robust export demand amid drought conditions in No. 3 global shipper Argentina, traders said. Soybeans also rose as rains forecast this week in Argentina were likely to provide only limited relief for soy and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Cargill expects grain glut to last long time

May. 12, 2017 at 2:07 pm CDT

Seoul | Reuters –– Commodity firm Cargill expects international grain markets to remain oversupplied for a long time due to bountiful harvests and a rise in storage, the head of the global commodity trader said on Friday. Bumper crops have flooded many markets, dragging on prices for grains and hitting […]

By jane-chung

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

Apr. 14, 2017 at 12:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Global outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have altered the flow of U.S. chicken meat, eggs and grain around the world, adding to challenges faced by domestic exporters and giving a leg up to Brazil, which has so far escaped the disease. Different strains of avian […]

By Tom Polansek

Brazilian meatpackers slump on import curbs

Mar. 20, 2017 at 4:45 pm CDT

Sao Paulo/Beijing | Reuters — Fallout from a meatpacking industry scandal in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of beef and poultry, widened on Monday as China, the EU, South Korea and Chile curtailed meat imports from the country after inspectors were accused of taking bribes to allow sales of tainted […]

By Brad Brooks Dominique Patton

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Insights and Stories on South Korea

In South Korea’s ‘apple county’, farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Cargill expects grain glut to last long time

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

Brazilian meatpackers slump on import curbs

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