Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sag as traders parse USDA pork sales data

Oct. 18, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed lower on Friday after a roller-coaster session in which prices jumped on news of massive weekly pork export sales, only to turn down after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said its figures could include pork sold in previous weeks. Toward […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures approach three-month high

Oct. 17, 2019 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy prices to continue climbing

Oct. 16, 2019 at 8:46 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag on trade uncertainty, harvest progress

Oct. 16, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Most oilseed estimates down in USDA’s October outlook

Oct. 15, 2019 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on weather worries

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures neared a four-month high on Monday, supported by fears that wintry weather over the weekend threatened Midwest production at a time of tightening U.S. soy supplies, analysts said. Wheat futures firmed on short-covering and worries about frosty temperatures in the U.S. Plains wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures climb, led by firm cash trade

Oct. 14, 2019 at 6:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures rose more than one per cent on Monday, with the benchmark December contract touching a 2-1/2-month top after cash cattle traded late last week about US$2/cwt higher than the previous week, traders said. The five-area average price for cash cattle last week […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn falls after higher yield estimate surprises traders

Oct. 10, 2019 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than a week on Thursday after the U.S. Agriculture Department surprised traders by raising its domestic yield estimate in a monthly crop report. The losses dragged down soybean futures, which earlier approached a three-month high on […]

By Tom Polansek

Grains drop, soy firm following WASDE report

Oct. 10, 2019 at 2:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Monthly supply/demand data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were supportive for soybean prices but bearish for corn and wheat, with adjustments to yields and harvested acres providing a number of surprises. Corn futures saw the largest immediate reaction at the Chicago Board of Trade, as average yields […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

Oct. 8, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin