CHICAGO China has purchased about only half the U.S. soybeans it pledged to buy earlier this year, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official said on Thursday, after a small sale was reported amid the two countries' escalating trade war.
COLFAX, North Dakota North Dakota bet bigger on Chinese soybean demand than any other U.S. state.
CHICAGO A year removed from a losing bet that the U.S.-China trade war would be promptly resolved, global grains trader Bunge Ltd is facing an even more uncertain business environment, with a new chief executive who is determined not to get burned again.
CHICAGO China made its biggest purchases of U.S. pork in seven weeks last week as Beijing said Chinese companies suspended purchases of American agricultural products, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued on Thursday.
CHICAGO, Aug 9 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures were mixed on Friday in choppy trading as investors weighed rising pork prices against weak cash hog values and rising concerns about pork exports to China.
CHICAGO, Aug 8 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures posted strong gains for a second consecutive session on Thursday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying following the market's recent drop.
CHICAGO China bought small amounts of U.S. soybeans, wheat, sorghum and pork last week ahead of the latest escalation of trade tensions with Washington, according to U.S. government data issued on Thursday, in what may be the last American farm commodity sales to China for the foreseeable future.
CHICAGO, Aug 7 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied as much as 4% on Wednesday in a technical buying and short-covering bounce following a string of losses triggered by worries over exports to China.
CHICAGO, Aug 6 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures fell sharply on Tuesday as growing tensions between Washington and Beijing fueled worries about U.S. pork exports.
* U.S. harvest pressure, firmer dollar weighs on wheat (Adds closing prices, Egypt wheat tender result)
Charities, government agencies and even cruise ships loaded with supplies and volunteers rushed emergency aid to the storm-ravaged Bahamas on Saturday amid fears of a "staggering" death toll left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.