Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle extend gains on drop in placements

May. 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures rose on Friday, shrugging off earlier declines on technical buying and support from government data showing fewer cattle placed in feedlots during April, traders and analysts said. Relatively thinly traded feeder cattle futures jumped more than one per cent after the U.S. Department […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on positioning ahead of supply report

May. 24, 2018 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall

May. 23, 2018 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Pulse weekly outlook: Large U.S. crop possible, despite reduced acres

May. 23, 2018 at 5:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Plains dryness, technical buying

May. 22, 2018 at 6:07 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat up for third day in a row

May. 17, 2018 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, their third straight day of gains, on worries that adverse weather will lead to crop shortfalls in key growing areas around the world, traders said. Soybean futures fell, pressured by fresh concerns about exports. Corn futures closed lower on long […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat end higher after choppy trade

May. 15, 2018 at 6:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest will stall the tail end of planting, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures firmed, snapping a four-session losing streak on short-covering and bargain buying. Soybean futures also closed firm […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

May. 14, 2018 at 5:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: June live cattle limit down in technical selloff

May. 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures tumbled two per cent or more on Monday, with the front-month June contract falling by its three-cents per pound daily limit in a technical selloff, traders said. Sufficient cattle supplies and weaker trades last week in U.S. Plains cash steer […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans to one-month low on technicals, trade worries

May. 11, 2018 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a month on Friday on a mix of technical selling ahead of the weekend and uncertainty about how trade disputes would affect exports, analysts said. Wheat and corn also fell, pressured by long liquidation and bearish data […]

By Julie Ingwersen