Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month high on global weather worries

Sep. 23, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures neared a one-month high on Wednesday on short-covering and poor weather in Australia and the Black Sea region that worried traders who have recently been focused on large global supplies. Corn and soybean futures ended little changed. Propelling wheat prices higher was dry […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle plunge limit down to two-year low

Sep. 23, 2015 at 3:08 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle grind to 16-month low

Sep. 22, 2015 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunting, USDA report boost CME live cattle

Sep. 21, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Monday, fueled by bargain hunting and short-covering following a four-day losing streak, traders said. Spot-October closed one cent per pound higher at 137 cents, and December ended up 1.375 cents, to 139.75. Traders said CME live cattle […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. agriculture officials seeking ways to control deadly bird flu have approved the use of a method to kill poultry by turning up the heat in their barns and shutting off ventilation systems. The Agriculture Department will consider using the method, condemned by animal rights groups […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle repeat lows before USDA report

Sep. 18, 2015 at 7:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday sank to new contract lows, and hit their lowest in 16 months, for a third consecutive session, pressured by lackluster wholesale beef demand, traders said. Investors exercised caution before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle on Feed […]

By Theopolis Waters

Sales from organic U.S. farms reached $5.5B last year

Sep. 17, 2015 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Sales from organic U.S. farms reached US$5.5 billion last year, a 72 per cent increase from 2008, the U.S. Agriculture Department said in a report on Thursday that highlighted the consumer trend toward such products. The USDA data, compiled through farmer surveys, showed that milk was […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soy drift lower in cautious trade

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell for a third day on Thursday as the harvest of an expected bumper crop expanded, but price movement was restrained as markets digested a Federal Reserve decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged. Wheat and soybean futures sagged on a lack of […]

By Julie Ingwersen