Insights and Stories on Trade

CBOT weekly outlook: Bargain buying lifts some commodities

Mar. 18, 2020 at 11:57 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite an ever-changing economic environment due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ag commodity prices may be sheltered from the worst bearish sentiments. “Global import businesses have taken off this week due to lower commodity prices,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. “If we do see an […]

U.S.-Canada border to temporarily close to nonessential travel

Mar. 18, 2020 at 10:42 am CDT

By Reuters

Handlers focus on keeping grain moving despite COVID-19

Mar. 16, 2020 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Fraser: What will be the long-term impact of COVID-19?

Mar. 12, 2020 at 3:05 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

India offers U.S. dairy, chicken access in bid for elusive trade deal

Feb. 14, 2020 at 1:22 am CST

By Aditya Kalra David Lawder Neha Dasgupta Sanjeev Miglani

Canada, EU, China, others agree on temporary fix to WTO crisis

Jan. 25, 2020 at 11:41 am CST

Brussels/Davos | Reuters — Canada, the European Union, China and 14 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday to create a temporary mechanism to settle trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable last month of acting as the umpire of global trade. The Canadian government and the […]

By Luke Baker philip-blenkinsop

U.S. grains: Soy declines, corn firms as China deal’s terms awaited

Jan. 13, 2020 at 7:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Monday on favourable crop weather in South America and position-squaring as traders waited to see if a U.S.-Chinese trade agreement due to be signed this week will herald a significant increase in demand for U.S. crops. Wheat futures also fell, down […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs hit one-month low on weak cash values

Jan. 13, 2020 at 6:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) fell to a one-month low on Monday, pressed by ample U.S. pork supplies and a discount in the cash hog market relative to futures, traders said. “We’ve got a problem where we are still seeing big hog […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy shrug off benign USDA data

Jan. 10, 2020 at 7:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybeans were steady to higher on Friday as investors looked past revised U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand projections and focused on improved prospects for exports to China, which is due to sign an interim trade deal with the United States next week. […]

By Karl Plume

Ocean freight rates trending lower

Jan. 6, 2020 at 6:56 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The Baltic Dry Index has fallen sharply over the past four months, dropping below 1,000 points to start the New Year. A slowdown in iron-ore activity, as high prices have had Chinese mills buying up domestic inventories rather than importing from overseas, accounted for much of the general […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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