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As harvest looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops

Farmers say crops are stunted from lack of water, government sees “serious threat” to food production

By Thomas Peter, Xiaoyu Yin September 6, 2022

As China’s record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought while the government is urging them to replant or switch crops where they can. More than 70 days of extreme temperatures and low rainfall have wreaked havoc along the basin of the Yangtze, which supports more than 450

The World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Crops

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Lifting of canola ban renders case moot

By GFM Network News, Reuters September 1, 2022

Berlin | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed to suspend proceedings against Chinese measures affecting the importation of Canadian canola seed, according to a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint on Thursday. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel suspended its work as of Tuesday, the complaint said. Work can be suspended at any time

An aerial view of parched terrace fields at Chongqing’s Fuyuan village in east-central China on Aug. 19, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

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Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

Water is running low when crops are at a crucial stage, officials say

By Reuters August 31, 2022

Chongqing/Shanghai | Reuters — Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed Aug. 18 amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month. “I am actually pretty worried, because the water has been cut off in my compound,” said Tian

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

Chicago corn futures firm

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub August 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 2.2 per cent on Monday, supported by hopes for a pick-up in the pace of exports as farmers in top global consumer China struggle with hot and dry weather that is expected to reduce the size of the crop there. “It appears that exporters

Crops, Weather

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

By GFM Network News August 19, 2022

Chongqing | Reuters — As the tinder-dry countryside along China’s Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago. “This year is drier than 1960,” said Chen, 68, from his plot of

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines) and CBOT December 2022 soyoil (black line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

'I think (farmers) are undersold'

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — A huge drop in canola prices could be looming, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. Palmer pointed to Prairie farmers and said, “I think they are undersold.” He surmised too many farmers have held off from selling their canola, in hopes of getting a great price the next time

File photo of the Raohe Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. (Fazon1/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

By GFM Network News, Ismail Shakil August 17, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — A delegation of Canadian lawmakers plans to visit Taiwan in October to seek economic opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Liberal MP Judy Sgro said Wednesday, a move that could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China and the West has worsened since U.S. House of

CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Grains fall on weather, Ukrainian exports

Concerns over Chinese economic growth weigh on soybeans, corn

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News August 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures fell for a second day on Tuesday, pressured by rainfall across parts of the U.S. Midwest, as well as economic uncertainty in China and grain shipments from war-torn Ukraine. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) fell 31-1/4 cents to $13.81

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, brown and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy dives on China’s economic uncertainty

Improved outlook for Ukraine exports weighs on grains

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News August 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Monday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rainfall in parts of the U.S. Midwest and unexpected data from China that suggested declining demand for U.S. agricultural commodities from the country. The People’s Bank of China cut key interest rates on weaker-than-expected economic data from the world’s second-largest economy,

Markets

China’s U.S. ag imports soar to new highs in 2022, but volumes vary

By GFM Network News, Karen Braun August 5, 2022

Naperville, Ill. | Reuters – China is on track to be the leading international buyer of U.S. agricultural products for a third consecutive year, as the total value of exported goods reached record levels in the first half of 2022. Some of that can be explained by increased trade volumes of certain items, particularly beef, but

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As harvest looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

U.S. grains: Soybean and wheat futures rise 2.2 per cent

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions

U.S. grains: Grains fall on weather, Ukrainian exports

U.S. grains: Soy dives on China’s economic uncertainty

China’s U.S. ag imports soar to new highs in 2022, but volumes vary

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