Insights and Stories on USDA

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

Aug. 22, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. hog futures sagged on Wednesday for a third straight session on a perceived lack of progress in U.S. trade negotiations with key pork consumers China and Mexico, traders said. CME Group live cattle futures followed hogs lower, with burdensome supplies adding pressure. Most-active CME October […]

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

By Tom Polansek

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

Aug. 13, 2018 at 4:35 pm CDT

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

U.S. grains: Soy rises on export prospects

Jul. 27, 2018 at 7:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, notching their second straight weekly gain, bolstered by signs of strong export demand, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed, with winter wheat contracts easing while spring wheat contracts firmed amid concerns about crop shortfalls. Corn closed slightly firm after trading […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Slumping cash prices extend CME hogs’ losses

Jul. 27, 2018 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed lower for a second day in a row on Friday, hit by downward-trending prices for market-ready, or cash, hogs amid plentiful supplies, said traders. Hog numbers are at a record high due to affordable feed and farmers adding to herds to […]

By Reuters