Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle break four-session losing skid

Aug. 22, 2017 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday settled higher for the first time in five sessions, spurred by short-covering and bargain buying, said traders. Some contracts punched through key technical resistance barriers, which triggered fund buying and pre-established buy orders. August ended 0.725 cent/lb. higher […]

U.S. grains: Corn drops to nearly one-year low

Aug. 21, 2017 at 5:28 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Live cattle at nine-month low for third straight session

Aug. 21, 2017 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sinks below $500

Aug. 16, 2017 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures ease, soy firms

Aug. 16, 2017 at 3:31 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy struggle under heavy supplies

Aug. 16, 2017 at 2:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean traders continue to assess the fallout from last week’s world supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The monthly report stunned analysts with predictions for U.S. corn yields at 169.5 bushels per acre, and soybean yields of 49.4 bu./ac. “That just […]

By Terry Fries

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat on softer cash price outlook

Aug. 14, 2017 at 3:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday on expectations for lower prices for slaughter-ready, or cash, cattle this week amid ample supplies, traders said. The decline triggered pre-determined sell orders, and funds sold the October contract after it slipped beneath its 200-day moving average […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls; corn, soy firm

Aug. 11, 2017 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, led lower by a sharp decline in MGEX spring wheat as investors liquidated bullish positions following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for a bigger-than-expected crop in the northern Plains, traders said. The selloff pushed the benchmark Chicago Board of […]

By Mark Weinraub

USDA sees bumper U.S. corn, soy harvests despite weather woes

Aug. 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm CDT

Washington/Reuters – The U.S. 2017 corn and soybean harvests will be bigger than expected despite a slow start to planting and concerns that hot and dry conditions stressed the corn crop during critical periods of development, the government said on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for both corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

Hot, dry American summer unlikely to dent USDA’s corn harvest view

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago/Reuters – The full impact of a hot and dry summer in the U.S. Midwest is unlikely to show up in the government’s next estimate of the U.S. corn crop as it typically makes just small adjustments to its harvest outlook during August. The U.S. Agriculture Department will update its […]

By Mark Weinraub