Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: Cash prices extend CME live cattle losses

Mar. 21, 2018 at 6:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell on Wednesday for a fifth straight session, weighed down by a burdensome supply outlook and cash prices that fell short of expectations, traders said. A few investors adjusted positions in advance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly Cattle […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend slide

Mar. 20, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy running out of time for move upward

Mar. 14, 2018 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn hits seven-month high on exports

Mar. 13, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

Mar. 13, 2018 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy turn higher on technical buying

Mar. 12, 2018 at 5:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures notched modest gains on Monday, with prices turning higher on technical buying after earlier lows, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures recovered from a three-week low and CBOT wheat from a 1-1/2 week low. CBOT May soybeans settled up […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy drop in technical sell-off

Mar. 9, 2018 at 5:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and soybean futures fell sharply on Friday in a technical sell-off following U.S. government data on Thursday that raised the outlook for end-of-season stockpiles of the crops, traders said. Wheat declined to a 1-1/2-week low and soy dropped 2.5 per cent, while corn futures […]

By Michael Hirtzer

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report sways soy, corn

Mar. 8, 2018 at 5:50 pm CST

CNS Canada — Thursday’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture caused a stir in corn and soybean markets on the Chicago Board of Trade. “The Brazil and Argentine numbers (were) really not too terribly exciting. And the world numbers (were) basically kind […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn at seven-month high on smaller stockpiles

Mar. 8, 2018 at 4:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped 1.6 per cent to a seven-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed smaller-than-expected stockpiles in the wake of increased exports and demand for ethanol, traders said. Corn prices on a continuous chart notched their biggest daily gains since […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tick lower ahead of USDA report

Mar. 7, 2018 at 6:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures were lower on Wednesday as investors squared up their positions ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report due on Thursday, traders said. Prices for each crop have cooled from last week’s multimonth highs amid dry growing conditions for […]

By Michael Hirtzer