Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs limit up on technical buying, export hopes

May. 1, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied sharply on Wednesday with several contracts closing up the daily trading limit on technical buying and speculation that Chinese demand for U.S. pork is poised to grow. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is due to release weekly export sales data […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, trade talks strong influences

May. 1, 2019 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

No fresh aid package for U.S. farmers planned for now, Perdue says

Apr. 30, 2019 at 8:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

Trump administration eyes more aid to farmers if necessary

Apr. 29, 2019 at 5:37 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA won’t survey for volume of grain lost to March floods

Apr. 25, 2019 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

Apr. 18, 2019 at 9:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures tumble on increasing global supply estimates

Apr. 16, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slumped on Tuesday with strong crop ratings and increased forecasts for global harvests pushing Chicago Board of Trade wheat to a one-month low. Wheat prices came under pressure after the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a weekly report issued late on […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat firm in late rally, end week lower

Apr. 12, 2019 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and wheat futures edged higher on Friday, lifted by a late round of short-covering and worries about planting delays following a blizzard this week, traders said. Soybean futures closed flat in dull trade. Chicago Board of Trade May corn settled up one cent at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Blizzard forces closure of some U.S. grain processors, elevators

Apr. 11, 2019 at 8:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A second “bomb cyclone” blizzard hitting the United States was limiting the movement and processing of corn, soybeans and wheat around the Midwest and Plains on Thursday. Grain trader Cargill said it was closing three of its grain handling facilities in Minnesota, two in South Dakota […]

By Reuters

USDA lowers Canadian canola export forecast

Apr. 10, 2019 at 10:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The slowing pace of Canadian canola exports, linked to the country’s trade dispute with China, saw the U.S. Department of Agriculture lower its forecast for Canadian canola exports in the current 2018-19 marketing year. In its latest Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin