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U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping won’t be signing any deals at the cancelled APEC Summit in Chile.

More curveballs for U.S./China trade pact

Chile will no longer be the venue for signing the partial trade agreement  

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 7, 2019

With a tremendous amount of anger and frustration pouring onto the streets of Santiago, Chile, the country’s president cancelled the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit. The gathering of government leaders from around the Pacific Rim was to take place in the Chilean capital on Nov. 16 and 17. However, floods of demonstrators protesting against harsh economic conditions

Markets

U.S. corn exports falter, soybean business could meet same fate

By GFM Network News, Karen Braun November 7, 2019

Fort Collins | Reuters – It is no secret that overseas demand for U.S. corn has been downright terrible as of late, and relief does not seem likely in the immediate term as purchase commitments remain dismal. Forward sales for U.S. soybeans are nothing to brag about either, but soy exporters have enjoyed more success recently than

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to China’s Vice Premier Liu He during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House after two days of trade negotiations in Washington, Oct. 11, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

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

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with China’s Vice Premier Liu He in the White House Oval Office, April 4, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Markets

China to request U.S. remove tariffs in exchange for ag buys

By David Lawder, GFM Network News October 25, 2019

Washington | Reuters – Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials will discuss plans on Friday for China to buy more U.S. farm products, but in return, Beijing will request cancellation of some planned and existing U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, people briefed on the talks told Reuters. Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, U.S.

Farmer Mike Appert stands in front of some of his storage bins and machinery on his 48,000-acre farm in Hazelton, North Dakota on July22.

News

Big U.S. farms get even bigger amid China trade war

Larger farms have an advantage even when it comes to adversity

By Mark Weinraub October 23, 2019

As the 2018 harvest approached, North Dakota farmer Mike Appert had a problem — too many soybeans and nowhere to put them. Selling was a bad option. Prices were near decade lows as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China weighed heavily on the market. Temporary storage would only buy him a little bit of

Crops, Markets

Trump’s hailing of Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News October 14, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China is still a long way from forking out US$50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on Monday, cautioning that getting there is contingent on removing substantial technical and political hurdles. Outlining the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China,

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Markets

China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs

By GFM Network News September 13, 2019

Shanghai | Reuters — China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United States and China have both

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — In the latest supply and demand report from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the global wheat forecast was revised downward due to difficult weather conditions. USDA has now projected 765.53 million tonnes of wheat to be produced in 2019-20, according to the department’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), released Thursday. That’s

U.S. soybean sales are at a 13-year low.

Comment, Opinion

Comment: U.S. corn, soy sales at 14-year low

The dawn of the new U.S. marketing year comes with burdensome supplies and absent buyers

By Karen Braun September 11, 2019

As the 2019-20 U.S. corn- and soybean-marketing years begin, the amount of product sold for export through mid-month is dismal, dampening the chances of trimming domestic supplies over the next year. Through Aug. 15, some 9.94 million tonnes of corn and soybeans have been sold to foreign buyers for shipment in 2019-20, down 55 per

China is buying increasing volumes of canola oil and meal from Canada, says Chris Vervaet, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association.

News

New record for Canadian canola crushing in 2018-19

By Allan Dawson September 5, 2019

TRADE Back-to-back record canola crushing is unlikely to result in increased crushing capacity due to trade uncertainty

China all but stopped importing Canadian canola seed in March, but it’s buying more Canadian canola oil and meal than ever. Meanwhile, Canadian processors crushed a record 9.295 million tonnes of canola seed during the 2018-19 crop year, ending July 31, Statistics Canada figures show. That’s up 0.3 per cent, or 26,000 tonnes, from the

Daily Network News

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

CFIA updates plant protection regulations

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters

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