Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: Fresh trade news would move markets

Mar. 6, 2019 at 2:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Fresh news out of U.S./China trade talks will move the soybean and corn markets in the near future, rather than USDA’s next world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), according to an analyst following the Chicago Board of Trade. However, a lack of fresh news regarding those trade […]

U.S. to train more beagles to sniff out swine fever

Mar. 6, 2019 at 12:36 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on plentiful global supply

Feb. 26, 2019 at 7:00 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. livestock: Cattle set one-year high on weather, supply concerns

Feb. 22, 2019 at 6:38 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from seven-month low

Feb. 21, 2019 at 3:39 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Canada, U.S. to challenge India’s pulse price supports

Feb. 18, 2019 at 1:59 am CST

Canada and the U.S. are set to challenge India’s market price supports for certain pulses including chickpeas and lentils. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday announced that “together with Canada” they’ve submitted a “counter notification” on the matter to the World Trade Organization […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs bounce on short-covering, technical buying

Feb. 15, 2019 at 5:57 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended higher for the first time in three sessions on Friday on short covering and technical buying ahead of the extended Presidents Day holiday weekend, traders and analysts said. Futures had been technically oversold after sinking to seven-month lows early this week […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: U.S. exports get no Valentine’s Day love

Feb. 14, 2019 at 5:05 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains and soybean futures tumbled on Thursday on news that China and other buyers had canceled a flurry of U.S. soybean orders in early January and Argentina’s soy crop could be larger than previously expected, traders said. The U.S. Department of […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Soy firm after USDA data, focus turns to China talks

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:54 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended firm on Friday as late-session short-covering lifted prices from lows notched after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected record large U.S. soy stocks amid a still-unresolved trade dispute with top importer China. Corn eased after USDA released a flood of data […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures decline on technical selling

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs extended their decline to the fourth consecutive session on Friday, easing on technical selling and weaker pork prices, traders said. The most active April hogs contract dropped to a fresh five-month low and has now declined in 12 out of the […]

By Michael Hirtzer