Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat follow broad commodities weakness

Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday, following broad declines in commodities led by sagging crude oil futures, analysts said. Wheat futures fell about two per cent, retreating after Monday’s short-covering rally, and soybeans were also lower. Chicago Board of Trade December […]

USDA sees ballooning soy supplies as trade war roils exports

Nov. 9, 2018 at 9:46 am CST

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT soybeans recover after dismal USDA data

Nov. 8, 2018 at 4:45 pm CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

USDA sees more U.S. corn, fewer soybean acres over next decade

Nov. 2, 2018 at 4:10 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. agriculture chief says no plan to extend farm aid to offset tariffs

Oct. 29, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

Oct. 26, 2018 at 10:05 am CDT

Beijing/Chicago/Carambei | Reuters – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China. His company, The Machhoffs, has halted U.S. projects worth up to $30 million and may move some operations overseas. Investing in domestic […]

By Ana Mano Hallie Gu Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers, government fight risk of African swine fever

Oct. 22, 2018 at 10:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and Europe. U.S. government officials said in interviews on Friday they are also […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit one-week low on export woes

Oct. 19, 2018 at 5:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Friday and recorded a second straight weekly decline, pressured by fresh cancellations of U.S. soybean sales, traders said. Corn futures fell for a fourth straight session and also notched a weekly drop, while wheat futures firmed after […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures ease ahead of USDA report

Oct. 19, 2018 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures were lower on Friday, with both live cattle and lean hogs easing on worries that U.S. supplies were growing faster than demand, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures declined ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

Oct. 18, 2018 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Thursday, with the benchmark November contract recording its largest single-day decline since August, on disappointing weekly export sales and improving U.S. harvest weather, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the weak tone. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen