Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Wheat futures climb on short-covering

Nov. 19, 2019 at 7:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit their highest in nearly a week on Tuesday as declining U.S. wheat condition ratings and worries about Southern Hemisphere crop prospects fueled a round of short-covering, analysts said. Corn firmed on signs of improving export prospects and soybean futures closed modestly higher. […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide on South American weather, trade worries

Nov. 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

Nov. 18, 2019 at 2:08 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans set one-month low on trade doubts

Nov. 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade uncertainty weighs

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:53 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:26 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With a significant amount of corn still in the fields on the U.S. northern Plains, the harvest may be grinding to a halt, according to MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. In particular, Burnett noted, the corn harvest has been further slowed by a propane shortage, which has caused issues […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. books latest end to soy harvest in a decade

Nov. 13, 2019 at 2:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its oilseed crops outlook issued Wednesday, said the country’s 2019 soybean harvest will wind up the latest in 10 years. As of Sunday, the overall U.S. soybean harvest stood at 85 per cent complete, according to USDA’s weekly crop progress report. The […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Latest USDA supply/demand report generates mixed results

Nov. 8, 2019 at 4:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm – In the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) supply and demand report issued Friday, corn estimates were lowered from the October report and those for soybeans largely remained the same for the 2019/20 marketing year. There were some revisions for wheat as well. In the latest World Agriculture […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn waits for news

Oct. 30, 2019 at 2:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Commodities on the Chicago Board of trade were range-bound and “starving for news” at midweek. Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Illinois noted that the December corn contract started the month at US$3.88 per bushel, and was currently at US$3.8850. “It went absolutely nowhere,” he said. Snowstorms […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle jump as beef stocks tighten, funds buy

Oct. 23, 2019 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures scaled to their highest point in 5-1/2 months on Wednesday as tighter-than-expected beef stocks and rising cash beef prices triggered active fund buying that took prices through key technical resistance levels. Actively traded contracts posted their strongest gains in nearly a month, […]

By Karl Plume