Articles by Hallie Gu | Manitoba Co-operator

A truck unloads soybeans imported from Brazil on the quay of a port in Nantong city, east China’s Jiangsu province.

Chinese importers scoop up Brazilian soybeans

Uncertainty over a U.S.-China trade deal has been causing buyers to lock up supplies

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu December 9, 2019

Chinese buyers scooped up at least 20 cargoes of Brazilian soybeans last week as uncertainty over a trade deal with the United States sent them rushing to lock in supplies, traders said Nov. 25. Importers also jumped on the new-crop Brazilian beans because of attractive margins, said two traders who declined to be identified. The purchases were for

Beijing’s refusal to order U.S. farm buys becomes pain point

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu October 30, 2019

Washington/Beijing/Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Beijing commit to big purchases of American farm products has become a major sticking point in talks to end the Sino-U.S. trade war, according to several people briefed on the negotiations. Trump has said publicly that China could buy as much as $50 billion of U.S. farm

Grain Markets, News

China grants waivers on U.S. soybeans

China is clearing the way for importers to buy U.S. soy exempt from tariffs — sources

By Hallie Gu, Karl Plume September 25, 2019

China has given new waivers to several importers to buy U.S. soybeans exempt from retaliatory tariffs, in a goodwill gesture ahead of high-level trade talks next month, two sources familiar with the matter said Sept. 24. The waivers, offered in two batches, total around five million to six million tonnes, according to one of the

Markets

U.S. farmers suffer ‘body blow’ as China slams door on farm purchases

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu August 5, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. agricultural products, China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday, a blow to U.S. farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than year-old trade war. China may impose additional tariffs on U.S. farm products bought shortly before the purchase ban took effect, China’s

China’s soy crushers in no rush to buy from U.S.

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu July 24, 2019

Beijing | Reuters – Despite the carrot of a potential exemption from import tariffs, Chinese soybean crushers are unlikely to buy in bulk from the United States any time soon as they grapple with poor margins and longer-term doubts about Sino-U.S. trade relations, people familiar with the matter said. China imposed a 25 per cent

Hogs

China June pork imports surge more than 62 per cent from previous year

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu July 23, 2019

Beijing | Reuters – China’s pork imports in June surged from the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as the world’s top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies after African swine fever has decimated domestic pig herds. China brought in 160,467 tonnes of pork in June, up 62.8 per cent from the

Hogs, Livestock

China to suspend pork imports from Quebec processor

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu June 18, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China will block pork imports from a third Canadian firm after a shipment was found to contain the banned feed additive ractopamine, the customs agency said on Tuesday, deepening a trade and diplomatic dispute with Canada. The firm in question is Frigo Royal, the agency said on its Wechat account. Ractopamine

Pork, peas and soybeans are now reporting trouble with shipments to China.

News, Oilseeds

Canadian farm exports run into Chinese wall

New commodities are reporting unexpected delays for importation to China

By Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel May 3, 2019

An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola cargoes have been cancelled,

Crops, Markets

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel April 29, 2019

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu March 22, 2019

Wuzhen, China | Reuters — China’s 2019 pork imports are set to double from last year to two million tonnes, a Rabobank analyst said on Thursday, as African swine fever hits production of the meat in the world’s top hog market. China has reported 113 outbreaks of the contagious disease since last August, though farmers

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on good cash market demand

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy futures fall on bearish supply view

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures fall after bearish export reports

GFM Network News