Insights and Stories on USDA

USDA regulators approve new Syngenta corn trait

Dec. 2, 2015 at 7:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta on Wednesday cleared one U.S. regulatory hurdle toward domestic marketing of corn seeds containing a trait that is genetically engineered to resist weed killers including glyphosate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said it will no longer regulate the […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn has upside potential, soy rangebound

Dec. 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm CST

By Jade Markus

Poultry, eggs from seven U.S. states still blocked at border

Nov. 30, 2015 at 3:01 am CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soy rallies off multi-year low ahead of U.S. holiday

Nov. 25, 2015 at 3:30 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on improving crop conditions, big stocks

Nov. 24, 2015 at 7:36 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cattle ease on profit-taking after one-week highs

Nov. 24, 2015 at 6:51 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell as much as 1.8 per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after prices hit a one-week high in the previous session, traders and analysts said. A government report on Monday showing bigger beef supplies than a year […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slide before USDA report

Nov. 20, 2015 at 6:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures lost modest ground on Friday, amid caution ahead of Friday afternoon’s cash prices and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed report, traders said. Analysts expect the report to show fewer cattle placed into feedlots last month than […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. feedlot cattle placements hit nearly 20-year low

Nov. 20, 2015 at 6:07 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed into U.S. feedlots last month declined four per cent from a year ago to their lowest level for October since the government began tabulating the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday. October’s placement results nearly […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies 1.5 per cent

Nov. 19, 2015 at 4:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures all firmed on Thursday on support from better-than-expected export sales reports for all three commodities, traders said. Gains in soybeans were limited by a huge global supply base following bumper harvests across the U.S. Midwest as well as improving crop […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Lower beef quote undermines CME live cattle

Nov. 19, 2015 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle closed lower on Thursday after profit-taking and a drop in the day’s wholesale beef price ended a two-day rally, traders said. Spot December and February finished 1.075 cents/lb. lower at 129.9 and 132.05 cents, respectively (all figures US$). Thursday morning’s wholesale […]

By Theopolis Waters