Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn drops after USDA pegs plantings above expectations

Mar. 31, 2020 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures settled lower on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast 2020 plantings at the largest in eight years, well above trade expectations, while soybeans firmed on a lower-than-anticipated acreage outlook. A tighter-than-expected USDA quarterly corn stocks estimate limited losses, but most […]

Pulse weekly outlook: U.S. bean acres to increase, other pulses down

Mar. 31, 2020 at 5:45 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. projects wheat acres at record lows, increases for soy, corn

Mar. 31, 2020 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down as grocery panic eases

Mar. 26, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds after multi-year lows

Mar. 24, 2020 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. sees progress on China trade deal’s ag provisions

Mar. 24, 2020 at 3:43 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. and China have made progress in implementing the agriculture-related provisions of their Phase One trade deal that took effect on Feb. 14, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Trade Representative said on Tuesday. In a joint statement, they listed a number of […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures rise on cash market strength

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures rose on Friday on a spate of technical buying as the market tried to recover from its steep discount to the cash market, traders said. Strong demand from consumers at grocery stores due to worries about the coronavirus underpinned the gains. “They want […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low

Mar. 17, 2020 at 4:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plummeted 3.3 per cent to an 18-month low on Tuesday as traders said current prices were too high to generate demand from overseas buyers with the ongoing harvests in Brazil and Argentina providing cheaper offerings on the export market. Corn prices fell to […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. under pressure to keep slaughterhouses open

Mar. 16, 2020 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to reassure meat producers it will keep slaughterhouses staffed with federal inspectors as fears about potential shutdowns due to the COVID-19 coronavirus hammer livestock prices and fuel concerns about food supplies, meat industry groups said on Monday. Livestock markets […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets focused on virus, oil prices, stocks

Mar. 11, 2020 at 3:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — From where Steve Georgy sits, commodity markets such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are currently focused on only three things. One is the COVID-19 coronavirus — specifically, how the global outbreak affects commodity markets, especially if it results in “the slowing down the movement of grain, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm