Insights and Stories on USDA

USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat in Washington state

Jun. 8, 2019 at 9:57 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

Jun. 6, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Corn rally drags on feeder cattle futures

Jun. 6, 2019 at 4:29 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise as report shows rain slows plantings

Jun. 4, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies on weather

Jun. 3, 2019 at 5:59 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: Futures fall as corn rally boosts feeding costs

May. 30, 2019 at 3:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and hog futures closed mostly lower on Thursday, with a rally in the corn market pressuring livestock contracts, traders said. “It had a lot to do with corn going up,” said Doug Houghton, an analyst with Brock Associates Inc. “Feed costs are […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures extend rally

May. 29, 2019 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, hitting their highest since mid-April on support from concerns that planting delays in the U.S. Midwest will lead to a sharp cutback in acreage as well as harvest yields, traders said. The jump followed a U.S. Agriculture […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Planting report spurs farmer selling

May. 29, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are trying to play catch-up in what has become a weather market, according to Steve Georgy of Allendale Inc. Corn planting in the U.S. was far behind its five-year average due to persistent wet conditions, he said, and that created […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits three-year high as planting delays prolonged

May. 28, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures surged 4.1 per cent to their highest levels in nearly three years on Tuesday, supported by planting delays across key growing areas of the U.S. Midwest following heavy rains, traders said. The adverse weather in the Midwest and Plains also fuelled rallies in […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canada, U.S. plan trade zones for whenever swine fever hits

May. 25, 2019 at 2:23 pm CDT

Federal officials in Canada and the U.S. have agreed on zone defense, so to speak, to allow safe trade of hogs and pork products if African swine fever should turn up in hogs in either country. Canada’s chief veterinary officer Dr. Jaspinder Komal and U.S. CVO Dr. Jack Shere said […]

By GFM Staff