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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

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 22, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached

CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume March 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped more than one per cent on Thursday to their highest level in 2-1/2 weeks as concerns about delayed planting in the western U.S. Midwest sparked buying and fund short-covering. Soybeans followed corn higher, although gains were restrained by lower-than-expected weekly export sales data and concerns about trade

Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson says China’s block on Canadian canola has now expanded beyond just shipments from Richardson International. (Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets

China stops buying Canadian canola

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News March 21, 2019

China has stopped buying any Canadian canola, says Canola Council of Canada president Jim Everson. “The Chinese are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola (from any company) at this time,” he said Thursday. “Trade that was executed earlier is continuing. New sales are what appears to be affected.” Earlier this month China blocked canola imports from

Canola bids have fluctuated a fair bit this last week.

Grain Markets, Markets

China one of several factors keeping canola bids in flux

Canola’s narrative today resembles that of U.S. soybeans

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 21, 2019

Being the world’s second-largest economy, there is no doubt China has a lot of economic clout. Every tidbit of news or rumour regarding China has been able to drive prices up or down within minutes — and this past week was no different. There are strong similarities between what has been happening with canola and

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures soared by the company’s daily price limit to new contract highs on Wednesday on increasing worries about the spread of a deadly hog disease in China. Traders expect that China, the world’s biggest hog producer and pork consumer, will need to import more U.S. pork

ICE May 2019 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Little to sustain canola bids in bear market

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Although there will be some bounces in ICE canola futures, there is very little currently to sustain any increases in bids, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications. While the market has stabilized for the time being, it’s technically oversold, Anderson said. The market can rebound $5-$10 per tonne, he said, but it’s

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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a trade deal in weeks to

CBOT May 2019 soft red winter wheat, with MGEX May 2019 spring wheat in orange. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly two per cent on Wednesday on poor weather in the Midwest soft winter wheat belt and the northern Plains spring wheat region, traders said. Soybean and corn futures closed modestly higher. Chicago Board of Trade May soft red winter wheat settled up 8-1/4 cents at $4.64-3/4

Workers in protective suits disinfect a vehicle at a checkpoint on a road leading to a farm owned by Hebei Dawu Group where African swine fever was detected, in Xushui district of Baoding, Hebei province, China on Feb. 26, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Hallie Gu)

Hogs, Livestock

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Baoding, China | Reuters — When pigs on the Xinda Husbandry breeding farm in northern China began dying in growing numbers in early January, it looked increasingly likely that the farm had been struck by the much feared African swine fever, an incurable disease that has spread rapidly across the country since last year. But

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

China stops buying Canadian canola

China one of several factors keeping canola bids in flux

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on China swine virus fears

ICE weekly outlook: Little to sustain canola bids in bear market

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on weather worries

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

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