Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on global supplies, drags corn lower

Aug. 20, 2019 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a three-month low on Tuesday, pressured by ample global supplies and technical selling, analysts said. Corn futures also hit a three-month low, turning down as wheat sagged and storms brought crop-friendly rains to the Midwest. But soybean futures clung to modest […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up on larger-than-expected weekly slaughter

Aug. 19, 2019 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

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USDA attache to Canada predicts larger wheat crop

Aug. 16, 2019 at 6:14 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Cash wheat: Bids mixed, watching futures and currency

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise but post big weekly losses

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures break losing streak

Aug. 15, 2019 at 7:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures steadied near a three-month low on Thursday as traders said the market was oversold following sharp declines stemming from a bearish U.S. Agriculture Department harvest forecast issued on Monday. Soybean futures traded higher overnight but turned lower after a weak export sales report. […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn estimates, U.S./China talks befuddle

Aug. 14, 2019 at 4:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For Steve Georgy, the events of this week have left him somewhat gobsmacked. The president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he didn’t completely buy the numbers in the August supply and demand report issued Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And Georgy has been […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures fall

Aug. 14, 2019 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, with investors shedding risky assets as concerns about the global economy spilled over into the grain markets. Forecasts for some rain in key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest in the coming weeks added to the pressure […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend losses after USDA harvest view

Aug. 13, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sank for the second day in row on Tuesday, dropping 4.1 per cent to a three-month low as the U.S. Agriculture Department’s unexpected boost to its U.S. production forecast continued to weigh heavily on the market, traders said. Soybean futures […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn plunges most in three years on crop estimate surprises

Aug. 12, 2019 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell nearly six per cent on Monday, their biggest drop in more than three years, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast a bigger-than-expected harvest. USDA forecast the 2019-20 corn crop at 13.901 billion bushels, above the 13.875 billion bushels expected in July. […]

By Barbara Smith