Insights and Stories on USDA

Banners of U.S. President Donald Trump and President Abraham Lincoln reading "Growing America Since 1862" hang over the entrance to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

Oct. 10, 2025 at 9:44 am CDT

U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook

Oct. 8, 2025 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Reuters

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

Oct. 1, 2025 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard.

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

Sep. 26, 2025 at 9:50 am CDT

By Reuters

Brown cattle seen on a green pasture with a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary

Sep. 25, 2025 at 3:03 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché

Sep. 23, 2025 at 1:09 pm CDT

Corn production in Mexico is to improve to 25 million tonnes in 2025/26, while the country’s wheat crop is to recede a little, said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Mexico City.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

USDA tweaks to soybeans, corn numbers

Sep. 12, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

The United States Department of Agriculture is still forecasting a record-large corn crop in 2025/26 despite lowering its average yield projection in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released Sept. 12

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Animal health worker Eduardo Lugo treats the wounds of a cow as Chihuahua ranchers intensify surveillance for the screwworm after the U.S. suspended cattle imports following the detection of the parasite in southern Mexico, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union, in Nuevo Palomas, Mexico May 16, 2025.

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:04 pm CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday, Aug. 15.

By Leah Douglas Reuters Tom Polansek

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Aug. 12, 2025 at 1:38 pm CDT

Record large corn and soybean yields are expected in the United States this year, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Aug. 12.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

Jul. 28, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

With dry conditions in Australia’s southern production regions, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra projected reduced wheat production for 2025/26. The attaché wrote in their report released on July 28 that Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria had low soil moisture levels going into wheat planting and there was below-average autumn rains.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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Insights and Stories on USDA

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary

More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché

USDA tweaks to soybeans, corn numbers

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

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