Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

Mar. 29, 2018 at 4:16 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn […]

USDA sees soy, corn acreage falling as supplies hit record

Mar. 29, 2018 at 1:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks support amid bearish signals

Mar. 28, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs mostly higher on bargain-buying

Mar. 28, 2018 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-month low

Mar. 28, 2018 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat down on better weather, positioning ahead of USDA

Mar. 27, 2018 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Tuesday as rains in the Southern Plains breadbasket boosted prospects for the region’s drought-hit winter wheat crop, analysts said. Soybean futures fell while corn closed flat in light volume ahead of key data due this week from the U.S. Department of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch six-month low on big supply

Mar. 26, 2018 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle tumbled to a six-month low on Monday as a glut of animals at U.S. feedlots fueled concerns about plentiful beef supplies into the fall, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported after Friday’s market close that ranchers had placed 7.3 […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. cattle placements hit 16-year high for February

Mar. 23, 2018 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers drove 7.3 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots in February than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday, the most for the month in 16 years. Persistent drought in the U.S. Plains withered winter wheat grazing pastures, which forced beef […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. livestock: Trade war risk slams CME hogs

Mar. 22, 2018 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs hit a four-month low on Thursday as U.S. stocks plummeted amid fears of a potential trade war between the U.S. and China, said traders. On Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to […]

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures linked to NAFTA

Mar. 21, 2018 at 9:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts zigged and zagged around the $520 per tonne mark during the week ended Wednesday — but one analyst says the market could really take a turn if and when the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement is clarified. “The Canadian […]

By Dave Sims