Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. opens up to Brazil fresh beef imports

Aug. 1, 2016 at 8:12 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters –– The U.S. and Brazilian governments exchanged food safety equivalence documents on Monday that will open up their respective markets to fresh beef exports, a window expected to boost Brazil’s exports to the U.S. by US$900 million. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said its Food Safety and […]

Japan, Korea block certain U.S. wheat varieties

Aug. 1, 2016 at 7:57 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Bumper winter wheat harvest ill-timed for U.S. farmers

Jul. 15, 2016 at 8:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff reverses CME live cattle rally

Jul. 15, 2016 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. GMO label law clears Congress

Jul. 15, 2016 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: New forecast ends rallies

Jul. 14, 2016 at 4:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 3.8 per cent on Thursday, giving up early gains after new weather forecasts boosted expectations of a robust harvest in the U.S. Corn and wheat futures also closed lower after rallying to two-week highs earlier in the session. The latest outlooks dialed […]

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy enter temperature-driven phase

Jul. 13, 2016 at 5:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures are entering a period that is typically driven by weather concerns and little else. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday released its world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report. Both corn and soybeans improved in price after […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans extend rally as fundamentals improve

Jul. 13, 2016 at 4:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Wednesday, both posting their second straight day of sharp gains on concerns about hot and dry weather cutting into U.S. soybean crops and expectations of strong exports of U.S. corn. “Soybeans are the main drivers of the grain market […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on worries heat may threaten crops

Jul. 12, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures rose on Tuesday, with soybeans touching a one-week high, on worries that a heat wave may threaten crops later this summer. Concerns about the risk of damaging weather overshadowed a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which predicted a big domestic […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy sag ahead of USDA reports

Jul. 11, 2016 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell on Monday, as investors braced themselves on the eve of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report that analysts expected to project rising domestic corn stockpiles. Wheat and soybeans followed corn lower, although forecasts for hot weather in the U.S. Midwest crop […]

By Julie Ingwersen