Insights and Stories on USDA

ICE weekly outlook: Canola backs away from nearby highs

Oct. 10, 2018 at 7:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE canola futures hit their best levels in a month and a half earlier this week on the back of concerns over harvest delays, but ran into resistance and looked bearish once again by Wednesday. While cold, wet conditions continued to cause harvest delays, as noted in […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on big harvest, trade war worries

Oct. 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle futures lower on plentiful supplies

Oct. 10, 2018 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy sinks on hefty supply, China trade worries

Oct. 9, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slump on ample supplies

Oct. 9, 2018 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat sinks on technical selling, stronger U.S. dollar

Oct. 8, 2018 at 8:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Monday on technical selling and as a stronger dollar created a headwind for U.S. exports of the grain, which are already struggling to compete in the global marketplace. Corn futures eased on Monday after two straight […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn firms as rainy Midwest outlook threatens harvest

Oct. 4, 2018 at 4:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures firmed on Thursday on concerns that several days of rainy weather expected across the U.S. Midwest could disrupt harvesting of what is forecast to be a bumper U.S. crop. Soybeans also drew support from the wet forecast, but shed gains late in the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hog, cattle contracts end mixed

Oct. 4, 2018 at 2:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures were mostly lower on Thursday, with deferred contracts setting back on a round of profit-taking. The front-month October hogs contract ended slightly higher, but closed below session peaks, in thin trading. Live cattle contracts followed a similar pattern to the […]

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Yield expectations limit upside for corn, soy

Oct. 3, 2018 at 6:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may be finding some short-term support from harvest delays across the U.S. Midwest, but expectations for large crops overall should limit the upside for prices going forward, according to an analyst. “The highs could be in right […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm as rain stalls Midwest harvest

Oct. 2, 2018 at 3:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures firmed for a second day on Tuesday on expectations for improved demand following a recent price slump and as a rainy weather outlook for the Midwest threatened to stall harvesting. Futures jumped sharply on Monday on news of a newly negotiated […]

By Karl Plume