Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit three-month high on export demand

Jan. 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures topped a three-month high on Thursday on improved export demand, while wheat futures traded near a 1-1/2 year high reached a session earlier. Soybeans eased to a one-month low as traders awaited signs of Chinese purchases of U.S. crops in the wake of […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on supply expectations

Jan. 22, 2020 at 5:32 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall as traders await Chinese buying

Jan. 21, 2020 at 6:17 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Flax prices likely to remain flat

Jan. 21, 2020 at 12:47 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Large feedlot inventories lower feeder demand

Jan. 21, 2020 at 3:06 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs firm on winter weather woes

Jan. 17, 2020 at 6:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Front-month lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) settled about one per cent higher on Friday, supported by fears that a weekend winter storm in the Plains and Midwest would slow the transport of livestock and complicate pork and beef plant operations, traders said. […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. farmers expected to get third and final tranche of trade aid

Jan. 16, 2020 at 9:16 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expected the federal government to pay farmers a third and final tranche of 2019 trade aid a day after an initial deal with China was signed, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Washington and Beijing signed the Phase One pact on […]

By Reuters

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CBOT weekly outlook: Trading cautious on Phase One pact

Jan. 16, 2020 at 12:14 am CST

MarketsFarm — Though China and the United States signed their Phase One trade deal on Wednesday, commodity markets remained “extremely cautious,” according to one analyst. Prices were muted at midday following a signing ceremony at the White House, due to the lack of public details regarding the deal. The market […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy shrug off benign USDA data

Jan. 10, 2020 at 7:45 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybeans were steady to higher on Friday as investors looked past revised U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand projections and focused on improved prospects for exports to China, which is due to sign an interim trade deal with the United States next week. […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat up, corn and soy down awaiting USDA data

Jan. 9, 2020 at 7:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped on Thursday in a rebound from the market’s recent slide and soybeans and corn eased as investors squared positions ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand report due on Friday. Rising global prices and forecasts for reduced U.S. […]

By Karl Plume