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USDA makes small cuts to corn, wheat ending stocks

Jun. 12, 2025 at 2:52 pm CDT

The June supply/demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture contained very few changes from May. The USDA issued its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates on June 12, showing some declines for U.S. corn and wheat ending stocks, while those for soybeans were unchanged.

CBOT Weekly: ‘Not looking for any fireworks’ in June WASDE

Jun. 11, 2025 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.K. wheat output to swing higher in 2025/26

Jun. 9, 2025 at 1:36 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pouring corn grain into tractor trailer after harvest

Drop in U.S. bulk exports highlighted by USDA report

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA mission to travel to Mexico with eye toward lifting cattle import suspension, Mexico says

May. 28, 2025 at 11:11 am CDT

By Reuters

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

CBOT Weekly: Coming weeks to see stronger soybean, corn prices

May. 21, 2025 at 3:07 pm CDT

Futures for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are set to rise for two reasons, said Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Illinois — the planting progress being made by United States farmers and "seasonality"

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Staff exodus at U.S. farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

May. 12, 2025 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago/Washington | Reuters – Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks. The […]

By Leah Douglas Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report

May. 12, 2025 at 2:59 pm CDT

Chicago soybean futures notched a three-month high on Monday as a truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helped prices recover to pre-trade war levels, traders and analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA

May. 12, 2025 at 1:39 pm CDT

The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its estimates for the 2025-26 crop year in its May world agricultural supply/demand estimates released May 12.

By Adam Peleshaty