Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Soy futures ease on rains in South American forecasts

Dec. 19, 2019 at 4:41 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged lower on Thursday, retreating from a five-week high touched earlier this week as traders expected rains to benefit rival suppliers in South America. Favourable crop weather could boost production in Argentina and Brazil, increasing global supplies and competition for export sales to buyers like […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork shipments to China

Dec. 19, 2019 at 4:10 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Prices slip after rallying on trade deal

Dec. 18, 2019 at 5:48 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade awaits solid details on ‘Phase One’

Dec. 18, 2019 at 4:54 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values could fall further

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:55 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures soybeans

Dec. 11, 2019 at 7:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors took profits after six days in a row of price increases, while wheat and corn sank on technical selling. Traders shrugged off news of the largest soybean sale to China in more than eight months, in the absence […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Firmer cash prices support CME hog futures

Dec. 10, 2019 at 5:20 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose on Tuesday with support from stronger cash prices, while live cattle futures eased in a setback from recent advances. Gains in hog futures and cash prices reflect solid domestic demand for pork and signal that pig supplies are expected to tighten heading […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: WASDE yields mixed results

Dec. 10, 2019 at 4:35 pm CST

MarketsFarm — World agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have turned out largely bullish for wheat values, bearish for corn and neutral for soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The report, released Tuesday, lowered U.S. wheat stocks by 40 million bushels […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on trade deal hopes

Dec. 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, rising for a sixth consecutive session on hopes that the United States and China will continue to progress toward an interim trade deal. Corn futures also edged higher on an improved trade outlook as Canada, Mexico and the United States […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high

Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a fifth straight session to their highest in two weeks as Chinese importers on Monday bought at least five bulk cargo shipments of the oilseed from the United States, or about 300,000 tonnes, traders said. A rally to four-week highs in […]

By Tom Polansek