Insights and Stories on USDA

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

May. 23, 2018 at 8:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef packers including Tyson Foods and Cargill are racking up historically high margins, thanks to slumping cattle prices amid a supply glut and as Americans turn to beef for their backyard summer barbecues. Supermarkets are stocking up on steaks, hot dogs and hamburgers for the […]

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

By Mark Weinraub

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

May. 15, 2018 at 6:49 pm CDT

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

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

May. 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bearish USDA crop forecast

May. 10, 2018 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a near two-week low on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first official estimate of the 2018-19 U.S. wheat harvest came in above trade expectations. Soybean futures rose, while corn followed wheat lower. CBOT July wheat settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen