Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn nears eight-year high on tight supplies

Apr. 26, 2021 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed on Monday to their highest since June 2013 as concerns about South American supplies buoyed the market. Strength in corn pulled wheat and soybeans to eight-year highs. Chicago Board of Trade most-active July corn ended limit up at $6.57-1/2 per bushel (all […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb on USDA report

Apr. 26, 2021 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb to multi-year highs

Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag on technical selling

Apr. 21, 2021 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures extend slide

Apr. 19, 2021 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn up on weather outlook, weaker dollar

Apr. 19, 2021 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday, flirting with multi-year highs set last week, as forecasts for frosty weather and precipitation raised concerns about the pace of planting and germination, analysts said. A weaker dollar lent support, theoretically making U.S. grains more competitive globally. Soybeans followed corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn futures retreat from peak above $6

Apr. 15, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures closed mixed on Thursday, with the most-active contract easing on pressure from commercial hedging after spiking above US$6 a bushel for the first time since June 2013 during overnight trading. But concerns about seeding delays due to cold weather in the U.S. Midwest […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding numbers may exceed USDA expectations

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) prospective plantings report, delivered March 31, provided a mixed bag for pulse growers in that country as far as the numbers are concerned. Some analysts, however, believe the actual acres seeded will top USDA’s projections. Increasing demand from China, India and a […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Tight old-crop supplies keep soy, corn strong

Apr. 14, 2021 at 7:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted solid gains during the week ended Wednesday, with the widening inverted spread between old-crop contracts and new-crop months a feature. “Commercials are buying any dips they can,” Sean Lusk of Walsh Trading said of the market. With […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Focus to shift after USDA’s largely stand-pat WASDE report

Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There was little change in U.S. markets shortly after the release of the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But that scenario could change for wheat markets, said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. “We’ve got to pay attention […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm