Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn can’t keep their distance from Argentina

Jan. 18, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted sharp gains over the past week, as weather concerns in Argentina and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report sparked a rally. South American weather also underpinned the corn market — and both commodities will be following the […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rally

Jan. 13, 2017 at 5:48 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy up as USDA lowers crop, stocks estimates

Jan. 12, 2017 at 7:19 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on technical selling

Jan. 12, 2017 at 7:11 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

As Trump meets biotech CEOs, farm advisers fret over empty USDA spot

Jan. 12, 2017 at 2:17 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

Jan. 12, 2017 at 12:56 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday. USDA also dialed back its harvest estimates for the U.S. soybean and corn crops but […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching South America

Jan. 11, 2017 at 7:23 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, breaking below some chart resistance levels in the process. The chart pattern is turning flat, however, and further moves will likely depend on outside factors. Speculators have moved to the short side in the canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn to tilt lower moving forward

Jan. 11, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

CNS Canada — Following a U.S. government supply and demand report due out Thursday, soybeans and corn are expected to be sideways to lower as traders anticipate upcoming supplies, one U.S. analyst says. “Technically we’ve kind of ran up to the higher end of our trading ranges. We probably can […]

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat hits one-week low on Plains forecasts

Jan. 11, 2017 at 3:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly two per cent on Wednesday on forecasts for much-needed moisture in the southern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also declined as traders adjusted positions ahead of key crop data due on Thursday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking, beef quotes drop CME live cattle

Jan. 11, 2017 at 3:42 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were pressured on Wednesday by profit-taking, partly in response to sharply lower wholesale beef values, said traders. February live cattle closed 0.4 cent/lb. lower at 119.125 cents (all figures US$). CME live cattle will return to its normal three-cent trading […]

By Theopolis Waters