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China’s 2020 pork output higher than expected

Reported slowing of ASF-induced decline beats expectations

By Dominique Patton January 18, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — China’s pork output posted significant signals toward recovery last year after the sector was decimated by an incurable hog disease in 2019, official data showed Monday. China’s 2020 pork output fell 3.3 per cent from a year earlier, to 41.13 million tonnes, after plunging 21 per cent in 2019, the National […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea exports up on year, China a key buyer

By MarketsFarm November 3, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canadian pea exports are running ahead of the year-ago level, with China the main buyer, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) data. Total pea exports tracked by the commission, at 1.12 million tonnes during the first 12 weeks of the 2020-21 crop year, are up 34 per cent compared to the […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Swine fever found in Germany putting pork exports at risk

Country had been fencing off borders against wild boar

By Michael Hogan, Thomas Escritt September 10, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Berlin/Hamburg | Reuters — Germany confirmed on Thursday that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in a dead wild boar near its border with Poland, threatening pork exports to China from Europe’s biggest pork producer, which were worth US$1.2 billion last year. Authorities in the German state of Brandenburg quarantined a 15-km area around […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Germany reports first suspected case of African swine fever

German producers currently exporting pork to China

By Reuters September 9, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s ministry of food and agriculture said on Wednesday it had a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The suspected case concerned a wild boar carcass found near the German-Polish border. A sample of the carcass was being taken for […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China’s beef imports to drop as hotpot comes off the boil

By Dominique Patton, Sophie Yu April 13, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 night of the week. Now, the restaurant that can seat 800 barely fills 20 tables a day, with most people still wary of dining out […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China encourages firms to raise pigs overseas

Officials aim to plug domestic pork shortage

By Hallie Gu, Shivani Singh March 17, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — China said Monday it is encouraging companies to build pig farms overseas to plug a severe domestic pork shortage after a worse-than-ever African swine fever slashed almost half of its pig herd. China has urged local authorities to support qualified domestic firms to “go out,” and build hog farming bases in […] Read more

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

By Reuters March 7, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged China’s herd. The federal government is preparing to contain and eradicate African swine fever if it spreads […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

CME to raise hog futures trading limits as swine fever fuels volatility

New daily limit of 3.75 U.S. cents proposed for mid-April

By Tom Polansek February 28, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — CME Group said Thursday it plans to increase daily trading limits for its lean hog futures in April, then adjust them annually because of heightened volatility linked to the outbreak of a fatal pig disease in China. The spread of African swine fever in China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, has […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Bunge profit tops estimates on South American results

By Karl Plume February 12, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Agricultural commodities trader Bunge reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as rising crop prices boosted farmer sales in South America and swelled margins in its large agribusiness segment, sending shares up more than three per cent in pre-market trading. But uncertainty about global trade and demand for Bunge’s food and […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

North American hog markets wracked by coronavirus

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm February 12, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Besides shutting down entire cities and killing more than 1,000 people, China’s novel coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on North America’s hog futures. “It’s a dubious relationship, but it is impacting markets,” said Tyler Fulton, risk management director for Hams Marketing Services in Winnipeg. Lean hog futures moved “in concert with drops in […] Read more

Beef cattle sector weighs in for federal food processing study

Grain drying relief moving forward, one way or other

Major flour miller to buy U.S. chickpea processor

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