Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. crop tours find mature crops

Aug. 23, 2018 at 2:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour that travels throughout much of the American grain belt wraps up its final day on Thursday, Aug. 23. Early indications on social media and on Ag Web, report a mature corn crop in Illinois overall for this time of year with […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy markets see little action

Aug. 23, 2018 at 7:29 am CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs sag on uncertainty over trade talks

Aug. 22, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy run into strengthening U.S. currency

Aug. 15, 2018 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy fall on firmer dollar, rains

Aug. 15, 2018 at 6:15 pm CDT

By Ayenat Mersie Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Prices recover from recent losses

Aug. 14, 2018 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures rose on Tuesday in a turnaround from recent sharp losses, while soymeal futures neared a two-week high following a decision by Argentina to suspend cuts to export taxes for the livestock feed, traders said. Prices were recovering after tumbling on Friday […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soy up from three-week low as record harvest looms

Aug. 13, 2018 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures turned higher on Monday after touching their lowest levels in over three weeks on expectations that domestic inventories will pile up due to a record harvest and the ongoing trade dispute with Beijing. Prices recovered from a 4.7 per cent selloff on Friday […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble as USDA sees record U.S. crop, huge yields

Aug. 10, 2018 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures dropped more than 4 percent on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected larger-than-expected crop yields in the United States and said U.S. and global stocks of the oilseed would swell to record highs. Corn and wheat prices also dropped as the USDA […]

By Karl Plume

USDA expects record soy production, corn yields

Aug. 10, 2018 at 4:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday raised its outlook for domestic corn and soybean harvests by a more than expected amount due to good weather during key phases of development. The increased domestic projections, which pushed futures markets sharply lower, will boost the U.S. soybean stockpile […]

By Mark Weinraub

Corn and soybeans sitting firm ahead of USDA report

Aug. 8, 2018 at 3:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Corn and soybean markets at the Chicago Board of Trade have been strengthening ahead of Friday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report from the United States Department of Agriculture. “There’s been a lot of really big yield estimates we’ve been throwing around that people are starting […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm