Insights and Stories on USDA

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 […]

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

Feb. 8, 2019 at 6:41 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

ICE weekly outlook: Farmers advised to price some new crop

Feb. 6, 2019 at 10:11 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Quiet markets wait on USDA reports, China sales

Feb. 6, 2019 at 7:10 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy edges higher after China sales

Feb. 6, 2019 at 6:14 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb on technical buying

Feb. 4, 2019 at 7:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures were higher on technical buying on Monday, with live cattle nearing recent contract highs and lean hogs rebounding from a multi-month low reached on Friday, traders and analysts said. Firmer prices for pork and beef in the wholesale market also buoyed futures. Hogs […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn, soy end lower on technical selling

Jan. 31, 2019 at 6:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday on a rising estimate of Argentina’s crop and chart-based selling, analysts said, while soybeans and wheat also declined. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) March corn settled down 4-3/4 cents at $3.76-1/2 a bushel (all figures […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waits on trade talks, USDA reports

Jan. 30, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

ICE canola futures are quiet at the end of January, but could see some movement from outside influences in the coming weeks, according to Exceed Grain senior marketing analyst Wayne Palmer. “Everybody is waiting to see what’s going to happen with the Chinese/United States (trade) talks,” he said. Two days […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn follow trade talks closely

Jan. 30, 2019 at 5:05 pm CST

Talks between the U.S. and China taking place in Washington this week are being followed closely by Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn traders, with optimism over improving relations between the two countries helping prop up the futures. “The U.S./China talks will be on the top of all traders’ […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat firm as U.S. dollar retreats

Jan. 30, 2019 at 4:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Wednesday in light, largely technical trade as brokers awaited news from high-level U.S.-China trade talks in Washington, analysts said. Wheat followed the firm trend, drawing late support from a downturn in the U.S. dollar after the Federal Reserve struck […]

By Julie Ingwersen