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MN Trade Team Heads to Taiwan

Published July 19, 2018

Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson will lead a trade trip to Taiwan at the end of this month. Frederickson will continue a relationship that was developed a couple years ago. "At that time, I had told them I hope you'll…

Farm Lenders Preparing for Trade Uncertainty

Published July 16, 2018

Farm lenders are preparing to deal with trade uncertainty this fall. Barry Hanson, Executive Vice President, United Valley Bank, believes calmer heads will prevail. "I think China needs us. Maybe I'm just being naive and hopeful, but I think it…

Not Much Optimism for China Trade Talks

Published July 14, 2018

Valley City, North Dakota farmer and American Soybean Association director Monte Peterson says the China trade dispute and the status of the North American Free Trade Agreement are top-of-mind. He met with the Chief Agriculture Negotiator in the office of…

HRSW Production Goes Higher

Published July 13, 2018

After reviewing the latest USDA numbers, Agriculture Department Chief Economist Rob Johansson said this is a turnaround year for spring wheat and durum. "We're seeing a pretty good response in both of the Dakotas and Montana." Last year’s drought significantly impacted…

Big Crop Gets Bigger

Published July 13, 2018

The size of the 2018 corn and soybean crops got a little bigger in USDA’s production report. Corn production is forecast at 14.2 billion bushels, up from 14 billion in last month’s report. USDA left the average corn yield unchanged…

Soybean Ending Stocks Top Trade Expections

Published July 13, 2018

USDA forecasts domestic soybean ending stocks at a record 580 million bushels. That’s much more than the trade expected and it is nearly 50 percent larger than a year ago. Soybean exports to China next year are expected to be…

Trade Gap Widens

Published July 13, 2018

China’s trade surplus with the United States hit a new record monthly high in June. That trade surplus now approaches $29 billion. With the tariffs scheduled to take effect in early July, exporters picked up the pace in June to…

COFCO: China Will Look to the World for Other Protein Souces

Published July 12, 2018

In an interview with China’s state-run newspaper, a key COFCO official said China will be able to replace U.S. soybean exports with alternative sources. That includes an increase in business with Brazil and Argentina. The senior COFCO official also said…

Demand for U.S. Soybeans Remains

Published July 9, 2018

Zaner Group Ag Hedge Lead Ted Seifried says U.S. soybeans will move, maybe just not directly to China in the short term. "Brazil does not have much in the way of soybean carry over every year. They pretty much run themselves…

China May Import U.S. Beans Through Brazil

Published July 9, 2018

With the trade war between the U.S. and China, more beans will be sourced out of South America. There is speculation Brazil will need to import U.S. soybeans to meet the demand from the Chinese. Zaner Group chief market strategist…

Markets Articles

MN Trade Team Heads to Taiwan

Farm Lenders Preparing for Trade Uncertainty

Not Much Optimism for China Trade Talks

HRSW Production Goes Higher

Big Crop Gets Bigger

Soybean Ending Stocks Top Trade Expections

Trade Gap Widens

COFCO: China Will Look to the World for Other Protein Souces

Demand for U.S. Soybeans Remains

China May Import U.S. Beans Through Brazil

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