Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs firm on meat demand

May. 27, 2021 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures climbed on Thursday on firming cash beef and pork prices and strong weekly export sales data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Feeder cattle futures were lower, however, pressured by soaring corn feed prices. USDA data […]

U.S. grains: Corn sinks to one-month low on weather, technical selling

May. 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink after Midwest rains

May. 24, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink as on-feed supply tops estimates

May. 24, 2021 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally to highest since August 2014

May. 21, 2021 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures rise; soybeans, wheat weak

May. 20, 2021 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday, with strong export demand highlighting concerns about dwindling crop supplies due to harvest shortfalls in Brazil, traders said. Soybeans and wheat weakened after firming early in the session. Private exporters reported the sale of 1.224 million tonnes of corn to […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Commodities see ‘much needed’ correction

May. 19, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A bullish market and sharp increases in commodities at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), turned downward Wednesday in what Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services called a “much needed correction.” Prices pulled back that day by varying degrees for soybean, corn and wheat futures, coinciding with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn up on another sale to China

May. 18, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose for the second day in a row on Tuesday, supported by strong export demand as well as concerns that forecasts for dry weather in parts of the U.S. could stress the recently seeded crop, traders said. Wheat and soybean futures weakened on […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on long liquidation

May. 14, 2021 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for a third straight session on Friday, with the benchmark July contract hitting a two-week low on fund-driven long liquidation amid easing concerns about dwindling supplies, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures closed higher. Chicago Board of Trade July corn futures settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn limit-down on profit-taking, bearish USDA data

May. 13, 2021 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than five per cent on Thursday on profit-taking after recent multi-year highs and follow-through selling, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast larger-than-expected domestic stocks, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures fell sharply, also retreating from multi-year highs. “Today […]

By Julie Ingwersen