Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian wheat inventories will likely be much higher than last year at the end of the season, pressuring prices, because of a drop in Chinese imports and competition from ample supplies out of rival exporter Russia, analysts and traders said.
Weak Chinese demand leaves Australia with too much wheat
China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's retaliation on Friday against new U.S. tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing's move towards alternative suppliers for agriculture goods including Brazil, a shift that began during the trade war of President Donald Trump's first term.
China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's new tariffs on U.S. farm goods are poised to reshape global trade flows, prompting the world's top agricultural importer to source more meat, dairy and grains from countries in South America, Europe and the Pacific.
U.S. Grains: Soybean, corn futures fall on improving Argentina weather forecast
Rains benefit dry Argentine crop areas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy futures backpedaled from their highest prices in months on Wednesday as weather forecasts improved in Argentina, analysts said.
Brazilian soy shipments to China from five firms halted, sources say
Reading Time: < 1 minute China, the world's biggest soybean buyer, has stopped receiving Brazilian soybean shipments from five entities after cargoes did not meet phytosanitary requirements, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
Chinese buyers slash Canadian canola imports on fears of anti-dumping duty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese importers are scaling back purchases of Canadian canola with shipments from December likely to plunge as most buyers are reluctant to sign new deals for fear that Beijing could impose retaliatory anti-dumping duties.
Commodities trading giant Cargill plans to cut around 8,000 jobs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Global trading house Cargill said on Tuesday it plans to cut around five per cent of its staff, or about 8,000 jobs after revenue slumped in its most recent fiscal year as crop prices hit multi-year lows.
Flour millers face supply crunch as wheat farmers tighten grip on stocks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wheat growers in several exporting countries are reluctant to sell their crops with prices near four-year lows, traders, farmers and millers say, leaving flour makers with dwindling supplies and vulnerable to any potential upswing in prices.
Harsh weather curbs global wheat output, buoys prices
Reading Time: 3 minutes World wheat inventories have fallen from record highs five years ago, U.S. data shows, as poor weather hurt output and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine temporarily spiked grain prices.
From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output
Hot, dry weather forecast for Russia, Ukraine in coming months; relief seen for China's corn, soybean crops hit by heatwave
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forecast dryness in the Black Sea region's breadbasket is likely to stunt sunflower and corn yields, while heavy rain in the United States after near-record temperatures threaten to take a toll on crops, hitting world supplies and pushing prices higher.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
