China has temporarily suspended imports of beef from Cargill’s major beef packing plant at High River, Alta., part of a long list of meat plants blocked in the last half […] Read more
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China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant
High River plant on long list of blocked facilities
Pulse weekly outlook: Levy cut an opportunity for Canadian lentils
MarketsFarm — Canadian lentils should benefit from India lowering its import levy on lentils from 30 to 10 per cent, said Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Nearby lean hog futures slide as slaughter rebounds
CME live cattle up on bargain buying
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange nearby lean hog futures hit a six-week low on Wednesday as the U.S. slaughter pace continued to recover, generating pork supplies that pressured […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy slips as traders await China deals
CBOT corn, wheat futures rise
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dipped on Tuesday, pressured by a fast pace of planting and slowing export deals to China after a string of […] Read more
China’s beef imports to drop as hotpot comes off the boil
Beijing | Reuters — Just over two months ago, the Jinyuan Fucheng Beef Hotpot restaurant in northern Beijing had a long line of customers waiting outside its doors almost every […] Read more
JBS sees steady trade flows but flags export woes
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, has said the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic could cause container shortages, port disruptions and other logistics issues, but said trade […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, soy rise after export deals
Corn sags on ethanol woes
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday, supported by a pick-up in Chinese demand for U.S. commodities, traders said. But corn closed […] Read more
U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected
Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs rise with equities
Livestock futures await export sales data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures strengthened on Wednesday as gains in financial markets helped fuel a recovery from contract lows reached last week in the live cattle market. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up on technical buying, export optimism
Soybean traders remain cautious
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures rose on Thursday on chart-based buying and short-covering coupled with optimism about prospects for U.S. agricultural export sales to China, traders […] Read more