Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle closed mixed

Jun. 18, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Tuesday, with expectations for a weak cash trade pressuring the benchmark August contract while back months ended firm, traders said. Packers were not bidding aggressively for cattle, a factor that some traders took as a bearish signal. […]

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

Jun. 18, 2019 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA makes some changes to Canadian, world crop estimates

Jun. 12, 2019 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rally as rains threaten more planting problems

Jun. 12, 2019 at 3:17 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures sag under pressure from big supplies

Jun. 12, 2019 at 3:04 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

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CBOT weekly outlook: What happens with corn, will happen to soybeans

Jun. 12, 2019 at 1:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although there were no major changes to soybeans in June’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the commodity’s price shot up on the Chicago Board of Trade. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly WASDE report, in which estimated U.S. corn production […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Corn down, soybeans steady in latest U.S. supply/demand report

Jun. 11, 2019 at 7:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn production in the U.S. has been projected to drop by almost nine per cent in 2019, according to the latest world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The department released its report on June 11, with some notable changes and […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-week high as USDA cuts yield more than expected

Jun. 11, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a bigger-than-expected cut to its yield estimate due to unprecedented planting delays this spring. USDA, in a monthly report, slashed its corn yield projection by 10 bushels an acre […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures pull back on large supplies

Jun. 11, 2019 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures tumbled on Tuesday as traders said a rally the previous day looked overdone in the face of large supplies. Feeder cattle futures also weakened, while live cattle futures closed higher. Hog futures pulled back after climbing on Monday, when traders were relieved that […]

By Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn seesaws, soy rises on planting uncertainty

Jun. 10, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures veered between gains and losses while soybean futures rose on Monday as planting delays fueled uncertainty over the size of the nation’s crops. Heavy rains delayed plantings the spring and traders remain unsure about how many acres of corn and soy will actually […]

By Tom Polansek