Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soybeans rebound on strong demand

Feb. 11, 2021 at 6:40 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Thursday, with end users stepping in to buy the market one day after prices posted sharp declines. “On hard breaks, the end users really need the supply,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in West […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall sharply on profit taking

Feb. 10, 2021 at 6:57 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago.

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE unexpectedly bearish for corn

Feb. 9, 2021 at 6:19 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles as USDA projects supplies above market expectations

Feb. 9, 2021 at 5:46 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop spurs buying interest

Feb. 9, 2021 at 5:47 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn resumes climb ahead of monthly USDA report

Feb. 8, 2021 at 6:29 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rallied to a 7-1/2 year peak on Monday on buying ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report that is expected to show supplies of the grain tightening amid robust demand. Soybean and wheat futures also advanced in anticipation of the U.S. Department […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch contract high for fourth straight day

Feb. 5, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures extended their rally on Friday, setting a contract high for the fourth consecutive day on strong demand, while live cattle futures topped a one-year high. Traders predicted Chinese buyers will continue to snap up U.S. pork after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower, after rising on demand optimism

Feb. 5, 2021 at 4:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended lower on Friday after trading higher earlier on expectations of continued export demand eating into already tight U.S. stocks. Corn futures traded slightly lower as traders assessed mixed crop prospects in South America, while wheat ticked up slightly on fears of winterkill […]

By Christopher Walljasper

USDA can steer farm aid money to fight climate change, Vilsack says

Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:25 pm CST

Reuters — The White House wants to tap a pool of funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corp. (CCC) to support on-farm efforts to fight climate change, Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the USDA, said Tuesday. The Depression-era program of up to $30 billion […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn sets 7-1/2-year high on China sales

Jan. 29, 2021 at 5:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than two per cent on Friday and set a multi-year high after China booked its biggest purchase of U.S. corn to date, fueling expectations of tightening global supplies. Wheat futures also rose about two per cent, chasing corn higher, and soybeans […]

By Julie Ingwersen