Insights and Stories on USDA

North Dakota wheat acres seen likely to beat forecast

Apr. 6, 2016 at 7:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada — North Dakota farmers will be seeding less spring wheat this year — but the acreage may not be down by as much as the U.S. Department of Agriculture now forecasts. In its Prospective Plantings report, released last Thursday, USDA forecast North Dakota spring wheat area for 2016 […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans moving lower, corn up

Apr. 6, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

U.S. grains: Wheat drops to near one-week low as crop progresses

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Manitoba soybean acreage looks to inch upward

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat from August peak

Apr. 4, 2016 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hogs fall to 10-week lows on pork price losses

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hogs tumbled to the lowest in 10 weeks on Friday as pork price declines triggered selling by technical traders and investment funds, traders and analysts said. Hogs fell more than one per cent at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, led by losses in deferred contracts […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat extend gains after planting forecasts

Apr. 1, 2016 at 4:21 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. soybean and wheat futures rose on Friday as estimates of smaller-than-expected U.S. plantings spurred buying. Corn bounced off a 9-1/2-month low to finish up on bargain-buying. Chicago Board of Trade May soybeans rose 7-1/2 cents or 0.9 per cent to $9.18-1/4 a bushel, racking up a fifth […]

By Rod Nickel

U.S. acreage plans not set in stone as corn price drops

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:57 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers could plant more soybean acres than suggested in the government’s acreage forecast issued Thursday, as recent gains in the futures market tempted them to alter their corn-heavy seeding plans, growers and analysts said. The U.S. Agriculture Department report showed farmers intend to plant 93.601 […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles four per cent on acreage forecast shock

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures plunged more than four per cent on Thursday in the market’s steepest drop since mid-August after the U.S. Agriculture Department forecast 2016 planted acreage well above trade expectations. Soybeans firmed on USDA’s lower-than-expected soybean acreage and quarterly stocks estimates, although gains were limited […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

Mar. 31, 2016 at 3:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. […]

By Theopolis Waters