Insights and Stories on USDA

Farmers’ debt seen hitting fresh record high

Sep. 7, 2016 at 12:24 pm CDT

Reuters — Canadian farmers’ debt will likely reach another record high this year, while land appreciation slows and incomes flatten, but the industry is still in strong financial shape, the country’s biggest agriculture lender, Farm Credit Canada, forecast on Tuesday. FCC, the federal Crown ag lending agency, sounded a note […]

U.S. grains: Soy ends firm, rebounding from last week’s multi-month lows

Sep. 6, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Smithfield says Illinois hog plant shut down after fire

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Further downside ahead for soy, corn

Aug. 31, 2016 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat slide on prospects for rising stockpiles

Aug. 30, 2016 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps to new 10-year low on ample supplies

Aug. 29, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a sixth consecutive session to hit a new 10-year low on Monday, as ample global stocks and a regulatory clamp-down from the world’s largest buyer of the grain dragged on prices. Corn set a seven-year low and soybeans also declined, pressured […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

Aug. 26, 2016 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Burdensome supplies again buckle CME live cattle

Aug. 26, 2016 at 3:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday racked up losses for a 10th session in a row, on plentiful supplies that softened wholesale beef values and this week’s cash prices, traders said. Futures losses accelerated after October and December filled a key technical chart gap […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

Aug. 25, 2016 at 6:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations […]

By Rod Nickel

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

Aug. 25, 2016 at 1:38 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia is muscling in on the markets of its European and North American competitors as it overtakes the European Union to become the world’s biggest wheat exporter for the first time. Russia is expecting a record crop in the 2016-17 marketing season, which began on July […]

By Polina Devitt