Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn firm ahead of USDA report, frosty weather

Oct. 7, 2019 at 8:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Monday on position-squaring ahead of a key monthly U.S. government crop report later this week and worries about forecasts for a freeze looming for the northwestern Corn Belt, traders said. Soybeans and wheat closed lower after a choppy session. Chicago […]

U.S. grains: Corn falls; wheat, soy rise

Oct. 4, 2019 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures slip on technical sales

Oct. 3, 2019 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Technical selling pushes wheat, corn, soy lower

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans retreat off highs

Oct. 2, 2019 at 2:46 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy tops two-month high on China buying, inventory shock

Oct. 1, 2019 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures prices rose to the highest level in more than two months on Tuesday, adding to gains from the previous session when Chinese purchases and a lower-than-expected estimate of U.S. stockpiles buoyed prices. Corn also advanced after rallying four per cent on Monday as […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rally on smaller-than-expected stockpiles

Sep. 30, 2019 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — China bought more U.S. soybeans on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported crop stockpiles were smaller than traders expected, sending futures prices to nine-week highs. Corn futures set an eight-week high after the USDA report also showed tighter-than-expected inventories of the yellow grain. Farmers […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA’s jump in soybean stocks comes in below forecasts

Sep. 30, 2019 at 3:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although stocks of soybeans in the U.S. were estimated Monday to have increased dramatically compared to their year-ago level, the amount of that increase fell short of market expectations. In the Grain Stocks report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), total soybean stocks as of […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

Sep. 27, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday, as weather forecasts showed fewer yield risks to Midwest crops ahead of harvesting, as traders jockeyed for positioning ahead of a U.S. grain stocks report slated for Monday, traders said. Meanwhile, CBOT wheat […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana

Sep. 27, 2019 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month […]

By Julie Ingwersen