Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Live cattle set five-month high, beef prices rise more

Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures leapt to a five-month high on Wednesday and feeder cattle futures neared a six-month peak as boxed beef prices continued to rise. Meatpackers are paying more for cattle due to the strength of the beef market, traders said. Prices typically […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn up after USDA confirms massive U.S. crops

Aug. 12, 2020 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Bearish USDA report generates bullish reaction

Aug. 12, 2020 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. farmers to harvest record-large corn crop, second-largest soy crop, USDA says

Aug. 12, 2020 at 12:37 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Unasked-for seed packets considered ‘low-risk’

Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Yield, production increases expected from USDA

Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Market expectations ahead of a crop production report due out Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are for increases in U.S. soybean and corn yields. “I get the sense the trade is looking for the USDA to up corn yields by 1.9 bushels per acre, to 180.4 […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans up with exports, corn up slightly on dry weather

Aug. 10, 2020 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Monday as a spate of new-crop soybean export sales eased concerns about forecasts of huge harvests across the U.S. Midwest. Corn futures were buoyed by dryness in top corn-producing states, as weekend rainfall missed drought-stricken parts of western Iowa. Meanwhile, wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Bearish supply outlooks spark selling in corn, soy, wheat

Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the fourth day in a row to their lowest since June 30 as expectations kept building that growing supplies will outstrip demand even as top buyer China steps up its purchases, traders said. A bearish supply outlook also pressured wheat futures, […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. warns against planting unsolicited seeds from China

Jul. 28, 2020 at 7:36 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday warned residents against planting unsolicited packages of seeds arriving from China because they could harm the environment. At least eight states, from Washington to Ohio, have also told residents in recent days not to put the seeds in the […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures gain, fall short on the week

Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained on Friday, after four consecutive days of declines, as traders anticipated the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report. Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) August live cattle futures settled up 0.475 cent at 101.325 cents/lb. and October live cattle added […]

By Christopher Walljasper