Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally

Sep. 20, 2016 at 2:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.7 per cent on Tuesday, hitting a nearly one-month high on strong export demand and as rains delayed harvest in key production areas of the U.S. Midwest, traders said. The delays also supported corn futures, while wheat rose on […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs plunge to contract lows on supply

Sep. 19, 2016 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Bargain-buying lifts CME lean hogs

Sep. 15, 2016 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy markets lean on yield data

Sep. 14, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures edge higher

Sep. 14, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on record U.S. crop view, firmer dollar

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped more than two per cent on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s steep losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its production forecast well above market expectations. Corn futures also fell as USDA projected a record-large U.S. crop that would outstrip demand, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. soybean production gains outpace rising demand

Sep. 12, 2016 at 5:04 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Record demand for soybeans has paled in comparison to the expected sharp gains in supply, which will leave U.S. farmers and commercial operators with a growing stockpile of the oilseed even as exports and crushings continue to rise. The U.S. Agriculture Department on Monday raised expected […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy at multiweek highs on positioning ahead of USDA

Sep. 9, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures finished narrowly higher on Friday, capping big weekly gains in a choppy session of light-volume trading ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report next week. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a 2-1/2-week high and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering

Sep. 8, 2016 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data

Sep. 7, 2016 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat each rose one per cent or more on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering linked to export demand prospects and expectations of bullish supply data due next week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA earlier said exporters sold 484,000 tonnes of U.S. […]

By Michael Hirtzer