Insights and Stories on USDA

USDA’s corn, stocks view misses forecasts; prices surge

Jan. 12, 2016 at 12:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean supplies ballooned to record levels during the last three months of 2015 following bountiful harvests of both commodities and cutbacks in usage, according to government data released on Tuesday. But grain stocks lagged market forecasts, and corn and soybean production was smaller […]

U.S. grains: Wheat falls from three-week high

Jan. 11, 2016 at 3:07 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. wheat up with short-covering, but more downside possible

Jan. 8, 2016 at 6:38 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. cracks down on intake of added sugar, saturated fat

Jan. 8, 2016 at 10:42 am CST

By Julie Steenhuysen

Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states

Jan. 7, 2016 at 6:15 pm CST

By Staff

Weak loonie expected to support hog prices, but not yet

Jan. 7, 2016 at 2:38 pm CST

CNS Canada — A weak loonie could improve the profit margin of Canadian pork producers by summer, according to one analyst, but its effects have been little seen in the current market. Influencers outside of currency markets are driving current cash prices lower — and cash prices are relatively depressed, […]

By Jade Markus

CBOT weekly outlook: Weak soybeans, corn watch energy, USDA for direction

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:04 pm CST

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade trended down over the past two weeks, testing some contract lows in the process. While the potential for a short-covering bounce is there, further losses are also a distinct possibility, depending on what happens in outside energy […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rise in short-covering bounce

Jan. 6, 2016 at 2:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures rebounded from early-session losses on Wednesday in a technical short-covering bounce as investors squared positions ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report due early next week. Corn and wheat futures posted fresh contract lows in nearly all months and […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grain shippers await El Nino dryness after unseasonable flood

Jan. 5, 2016 at 6:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– The clear Midwestern skies that El Nino cycles typically bring could be a boon to the U.S. heartland this spring, after recent record rain levels soaked the region, swamping farmland and disrupting grain export shipments on swollen rivers. Farm fields across the Midwest are saturated, according […]

By Karl Plume

Klassen: Bounce in fed cattle supports feeders

Dec. 28, 2015 at 8:26 pm CST

Feeder cattle prices ended the year on a soft tone, trading steady with week-ago levels. Most auction barns were in holiday mode, resulting in minimal sales across the Prairies. Christmas couldn’t come soon enough for feedlot operators and the bounce in the live cattle futures early in the week was […]

By Jerry Klassen