Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn nears one-week low as harvest weighs

Oct. 3, 2017 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures sagged to their lowest level in nearly a week on Tuesday, pressured by the ongoing harvest and softening cash markets, analysts said. Soybeans ended lower after a choppy, seesaw session while wheat futures firmed in a light technical bounce following a three-session sell-off. […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on big harvest forecasts

Oct. 2, 2017 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on larger-than-expected crop view

Sep. 29, 2017 at 5:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs end quarter mostly higher on short-covering

Sep. 29, 2017 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy at two-week low on harvest, pre-report adjustments

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs settle mostly lower before USDA report

Sep. 28, 2017 at 5:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts closed lower on Thursday, pressured by profit-taking ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report at 2 p.m. CT. “The industry will no doubt show herd expansion and record-large production, it’s just a question of how much,” […]

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

Sep. 27, 2017 at 7:00 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. harvest operations are just getting started, which should keep soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade under pressure over the next few weeks. Both commodities are expected to “grind a little lower” over the next few weeks, according to Terry Reilly of Futures […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rises to one-month top on technical buying

Sep. 27, 2017 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures set a one-month high Wednesday on technical buying and worries about dry conditions in the Midwest that helped the market rally after a weak start, traders said. Corn and soybeans also turned up, shaking off early pressure tied to the expanding harvest of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy down on harvest, worries about biodiesel

Sep. 26, 2017 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a one-week low on Tuesday on technical selling combined with better-than-expected yield reports from the Midwest, analysts said. Wheat and corn futures followed the weak trend, with wheat retreating after climbing to a one-month high. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag as harvest gets rolling

Sep. 25, 2017 at 5:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about 1.3 per cent on Monday as anecdotal reports of better-than-expected yields from the early harvest in the Midwest began to trickle in, traders said. Wheat futures turned higher on fund short-covering ahead of a key U.S. government crop report on Friday […]

By Julie Ingwersen