Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, cattle rise on month-end buying

Sep. 28, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose on Friday, with the most-active December contract jumping more than four per cent on short-covering at the end of the month and quarter, traders said. CME October hogs settled up 0.875 cent at 62.175 cents/lb. and December rose 2.45 […]

U.S. grains: Bigger-than-expected supplies knock down prices

Sep. 28, 2018 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn tops one-month high on strong U.S. export sales

Sep. 27, 2018 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end higher, gaining against hogs

Sep. 26, 2018 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on bargain buying, sale to Mexico

Sep. 26, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports not expected to shake up markets

Sep. 26, 2018 at 4:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn, soybean and wheat futures in the U.S. are awaiting the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, but traders aren’t expecting the reports to much of an effect on prices. USDA releases its quarterly grain stocks and small grains summary reports on Friday. “It basically wraps […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on technical buying

Sep. 25, 2018 at 6:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, with the most-active December contract rallying from a one-week low on technical buying and anticipation of strong consumer demand, traders said. The market shook off pressure from bearish data in Monday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture cold […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures sag after USDA data

Sep. 24, 2018 at 8:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures declined on Monday, pressured by technical selling and bearish data in a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Friday, traders said. USDA late on Friday reported the number of U.S. cattle on feed as of Sept. 1 at […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn higher on export demand, short-covering

Sep. 21, 2018 at 8:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent on Friday to their highest in more than a week, buoyed by end-user demand and fund short-covering, analysts said. Wheat and soybean futures declined but still recorded weekly advances. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled up […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures near three-month high

Sep. 19, 2018 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed to a nearly three-month high on Wednesday, boosted by gains in cash hog markets, before futures trimmed gains to finish the session mixed. Cattle futures were nearly flat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, in technical trading as dealers awaited a monthly […]

By Michael Hirtzer