Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall from gains as cash prices ease

Sep. 17, 2019 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures tumbled on Tuesday, with the most-active contract dropping by the daily maximum, due to weak cash prices and technical selling, traders said. Pork cutout values eased for carcasses, loins, bellies and other products, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. December lean […]

Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Expected U.S. soybean, corn yields down

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather

Sep. 11, 2019 at 6:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Wednesday ahead of an eagerly awaited U.S. government crop report, pressured by forecasts for favourable Midwest crop weather and disappointment that China did not include the oilseed on a list of U.S. imports exempted from tariffs. Corn also weakened as late-planted […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Crop condition rating lifts corn

Sep. 10, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rebounded on Tuesday from four-month lows struck in the previous session after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the U.S. crop’s condition unexpectedly declined over the past week. Soybeans followed corn higher despite steady crop condition ratings, as worries about lower yields in […]

By Karl Plume

Big changes unlikely in next USDA report

Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, several firms have issued estimates for U.S. corn and soybean yields. USDA is scheduled to release its next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. The report will help […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy hit lows on weather, before technical bounce

Sep. 9, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Monday and soybeans slid to 3-1/2 month lows on crop-boosting weather and weak demand before short covering and technical buying helped both markets pare losses. Spillover support from rising wheat futures also gave corn and soy some underlying […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle limit down on weak cash prices

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Front-month live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell their daily limit on Friday, dipping to the lowest level since 2016 as traders reacted to weak cash cattle prices, brokers said. Cash cattle traded at $100/cwt this week in Texas and Kansas, traders said, down […]

By Julie Ingwersen