Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Wheat ends lower on plentiful world supplies

Apr. 11, 2018 at 7:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell roughly one per cent on Wednesday amid reminders of plentiful global supplies and some outlooks for rain in the Plains wheat belt late next week. Corn declined on technical selling and soybeans turned lower, a day after the spot May contract set […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed as market weighs big supply

Apr. 11, 2018 at 3:02 am CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on USDA data

Apr. 10, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on U.S. weather woes

Apr. 9, 2018 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Spot corn prices strengthen on Prairies amid logistics challenges

Apr. 3, 2018 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA says crop conditions worst since 2002

Apr. 3, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged on Tuesday, led by a spike in hard red winter wheat prices, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture rated the U.S. Plains crop in the worst shape in 16 years. Soybeans and corn rebounded from the prior session’s declines on spillover support […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on plentiful stocks, trade tensions

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures were lower on Monday as early-session support from a lower-than-anticipated government forecast on spring plantings faded and the market’s focus turned to ample U.S. supplies and rising trade tensions with top importer China. Corn futures notched a 2-1/2-week high on the U.S. Agriculture […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. March hog herd hits record high

Mar. 30, 2018 at 1:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The number of hogs on U.S. farms in the December-February quarter was up 3.1 per cent from the same period a year ago, a record high for the quarter, according to Thursday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. Farmers added extra pigs, encouraged by less-costly feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy soar on bullish USDA plantings forecast

Mar. 29, 2018 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped nearly four per cent on Thursday and soybeans surged more than two per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture stunned traders by projecting a year-on-year decline in soybean plantings and a larger-than-expected drop in corn acres. Chicago Board of Trade wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble as USDA report rallies corn

Mar. 29, 2018 at 7:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday as a rally in the corn market sent feeder cattle tumbling and as weak cash cattle prices and rising supplies weighed on sentiment, traders said. The actively traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange June contract dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily […]

By Karl Plume