Bloomberg News reported this week that, "China’s hog population rose 24% in the year through May and has now almost fully recovered from the recent resurgence in African swine fever,…
Late last week, Reuters writer Karl Plume reported that, "Chinese state-owned importers bought at least eight cargo shipments of U.S. soybeans on Friday, or at least 480,000 tonnes, the country’s largest…
Financial Times writers Hudson Lockett and Thomas Hale reported this week that, "Hog futures in China have fallen to record lows as mass slaughtering of pigs prompts fears that the…
Bloomberg News reported on Friday that, "China’s embarked on a record corn-buying spree this year and some vessels have been delayed for as long as a month outside southern ports…
Reuters News reported this week that, "China imported 789,000 tonnes of meat in May, down 3.3% from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday, after a…
Reuters writers Hallie Gu and Gavin Maguire reported on Friday that, "China’s massive livestock sector is set to snap up millions of tonnes of wheat from the country’s winter harvest that…
On Wednesday, the USDA released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, a quarterly report from the Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and Economic Research Service (ERS). Today’s update includes highlights…
Wall Street Journal writer Josh Zumbrun reported on Tuesday that, "The Biden administration initiated a dispute process against the Canadian dairy industry, triggering the formal dispute mechanism of the new…
Bloomberg writer Ailing Tan reported on Monday that, "China’s imports of American goods slowed in April, pulling back on the already incremental progress toward the purchase targets agreed with the…
On Wednesday, Bloomberg writers Daniela Sirtori-Cortina and Breanna T Bradham reported that, "China has tapped the U.S. for more than a third of next season’s expected corn imports, accelerating its…
In its monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report from Tuesday, USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) indicated that, "In March, the United States exported the most beef (in volume) ever…
Bloomberg writers Breanna T Bradham, Michael Hirtzer, and Dominic Carey reported on Friday that, "China made one of its biggest purchases of corn in U.S. history, a sign that its…
Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman and Michael Hirtzer reported on Wednesday that, "Corn prices climbed above $6 a bushel to the loftiest level in almost eight years after the U.S. said…
Reuters writers Shivani Singh and Dominique Patton reported this week that, "China’s March soybean imports from Brazil plunged as rain delayed some shipments from the world’s top exporter, but U.S. bean…
Bloomberg News reported on Monday that, "China’s pork imports jumped to an all-time high in March on supply concerns following a resurgence of African swine fever in the world’s biggest…
Reuters writer Dominique Patton reported late last week that, "China’s first-quarter pork production rose 31.9% from a year earlier to 13.69 million tonnes, data showed on Friday, the highest quarterly volume…
Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that, "China imported a record amount of meat in March on supply concerns as hog herds in the world’s biggest pork consumer struggled to recover…
Last week, Bloomberg writer Andy Hoffman reported that, "Agricultural commodities are poised for a “mini supercycle” as China’s rampant demand keeps supplies tight, according to the head of a key…
Last week, Reuters News reported that, "Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reduced pork import tariffs as the government seeks to address a domestic shortage by ramping up purchases from…
This week, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) released its 2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook, a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports. Today's update includes highlights from the report,…