Insights and Stories on U.S. Election

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump as some polls show Harris with US election lead

Oct. 23, 2024 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures edged higher on Wednesday as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' lead over Republican challenger Donald Trump in some election polls calmed concerns that a trade war with China could heat up, according to analysts.

US exporters race to ship soybeans as looming election stokes tariff worries

Oct. 22, 2024 at 10:09 am CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

Oct. 1, 2024 at 9:23 am CDT

By David Shepardson Doyinsola Oladipo Reuters

Trump threatens John Deere with 200 per cent tariffs if production moves to Mexico

Sep. 23, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Gram Slattery Kanishka Singh Reuters

Trump’s trade threats a global concern

Aug. 7, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

By Ed White

Grains, oilseeds, pulses hold their own amid pandemic

Apr. 30, 2020 at 8:01 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for grains, oilseeds and pulses are not as bad off as livestock values are due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Neil Townsend, chief market analyst for FarmLink Solutions in Winnipeg. FarmLink hosted a webinar Wednesday to provide its outlook for the coming crop year. One thing […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

World continues to digest Trump win

Nov. 9, 2016 at 4:13 pm CST

As the world continues to digest Donald Trump’s surprise win in the U.S. presidential election, in many ways it seems to be business as usual. After see-sawing at the open, North American equity markets logged surprisingly strong gains after most market participants were said to have priced in a Hillary […]

By Staff

EU wheat rises ahead of U.S. elections, USDA report

Nov. 8, 2016 at 4:05 pm CST

Paris/Reuters – European wheat prices rose in the wake of Chicago on Tuesday in a broader rise across international markets which increasingly anticipated the victory of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Presidential elections. Traders also pointed to short covering and technical buying ahead of the election results and […]

By Staff

Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification

Dec. 16, 2015 at 8:42 pm CST

Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialed the Trans-Pacific […]

By David Ljunggren Krista Hughes

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