Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a […]

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on pork export optimism

Mar. 18, 2019 at 6:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn down on disappointing export data

Mar. 18, 2019 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

Mar. 18, 2019 at 5:32 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as investors cover shorts

Mar. 12, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend win streak on short-covering, firm cash

Mar. 12, 2019 at 4:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rallied to two-month high on Tuesday, their third straight day of gains, as investors scrambled to cover shorts amid concerns about supplies and signs of cash market strength, traders said. Live cattle futures were weaker, with abundant supplies continuing to weigh on […]

By Mark Weinraub

Trump budget proposes steep subsidy cuts to U.S. farmers

Mar. 11, 2019 at 4:23 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget on Monday proposed a 15 per cent cut for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling its subsidies to farmers “overly generous” at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in decades because of depressed commodity prices and […]

By Humeyra Pamuk

USDA’s latest WASDE lacks ‘market-turning’ news

Mar. 11, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There was nothing in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest world supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report that could have created major moves on commodities markets, according to an analyst. The report, issued Friday, “didn’t give us any kind of a market-turning type news,” said Steve Georgy, president […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows

Mar. 8, 2019 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecast of U.S. corn ending stocks above a range of trade expectations, reflecting a drop in the government’s corn export forecast. U.S. soybean futures also declined and wheat recorded […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle rise on firm beef, cash prices

Mar. 7, 2019 at 5:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures advanced on Thursday, lifted by firm beef and cash cattle markets and as investors took positions ahead of a monthly supply report due on Friday, traders said. Some feedlot cattle in the southern U.S. Plains traded at $128/cwt on Thursday, about steady […]

By Karl Plume