Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: Higher prices don’t jibe with corn, soy production

Dec. 19, 2018 at 5:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — Trade is starting to slow down for the holiday season at the Chicago Board of Trade, which has corn and soybean traders looking at the larger picture. Scott Capinegro, a broker with Barrington Commodities at Barrington, Ill., believes prices for corn and soybeans are currently too high. […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle end mixed ahead of supply reports

Dec. 19, 2018 at 4:04 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise as China buys more U.S. shipments

Dec. 18, 2018 at 7:36 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as China sale fails to impress

Dec. 13, 2018 at 4:40 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. confirms China soybean purchase, but no clarity over more sales

Dec. 13, 2018 at 3:31 pm CST

By Humeyra Pamuk Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and optimism for the continued robust demand for cattle and beef, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures shrugged off three straight sessions of declines to rise to the highest […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy climbs on hopes for China buying

Dec. 11, 2018 at 5:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday as traders anticipated potential Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products, and shrugged off a bearish monthly global soy inventories report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn firmed, led by soybeans, but wheat futures fell after USDA raised its […]

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA keeps domestic soy stocks view steady

Dec. 11, 2018 at 12:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday left its estimate for domestic soybean supplies unchanged but boosted its outlook for world stocks amid rising expectations for the South American crop. U.S. soybean ending stocks for the 2018-19 marketing year were pegged at 955 million bushels, the government […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat decline on persistent demand worries

Dec. 10, 2018 at 6:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soy and wheat futures fell on Monday on positioning ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop supply/demand report and uncertainty about the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, traders said. A higher dollar added pressure, making U.S. grains less competitive on global markets. Corn followed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on China trade hopes

Dec. 7, 2018 at 3:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures firmed for the fifth time in six sessions on Friday on solid weekly export sales data and short-covering ahead of the weekend as the market waited for signs that China may soon resume purchases from the United States. Corn also advanced and wheat […]

By Karl Plume