Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. corn, soy stocks top forecasts

Mar. 29, 2019 at 6:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Massive supplies of both U.S. corn and soybeans remained in storage bins around the country ahead of spring planting, U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) data released on Friday showed. USDA also said that farmers planned to boost their corn plantings by 4.1 per cent but severe flooding […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs limit down as export sales disappoint

Mar. 28, 2019 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce ahead of USDA data

Mar. 28, 2019 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

Mar. 27, 2019 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on hefty supplies, trade worries

Mar. 27, 2019 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Live cattle tumble on bearish USDA data

Mar. 25, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped sharply on Monday in reaction to a government report that showed larger-than-expected supplies of cattle on feed in the U.S., traders said. Nearby cattle futures contracts fell more than 1.5 per cent, with selling accelerating as prices breached key […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Mar. 22, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Mar. 22, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported […]

By Karl Plume

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

Mar. 22, 2019 at 1:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — A massive supply of grains has shielded the futures markets from the impact of flooding in the U.S. Midwest so far, with traders largely shrugging off this week’s reports of destroyed storage bins, swamped elevators and questions about if waters will recede in time for planting. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

Mar. 21, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract […]

By Karl Plume