Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-year high on supply outlook, crop conditions

Jul. 13, 2015 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Monday for the fifth straight session, hitting a one-year high on better-than-expected demand and as heavy rains limited the yield potential of the new crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report issued Friday, surprised investors, showing corn and […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down fourth straight session

Jul. 13, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn sets one-year highs on tighter old-crop U.S. supply

Jul. 10, 2015 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. old-crop soy, corn stocks miss forecasts

Jul. 10, 2015 at 12:52 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn rally ahead of USDA report

Jul. 9, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:34 pm CDT

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Weather uncertainty lifts corn to six-month peak

Jul. 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose to a six-month peak on Thursday, adding to strong gains earlier in the week as adverse weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest and Western Europe threatened crops. Prices for soybeans and wheat were mixed as investors squared positions ahead of the […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: USDA data ignite biggest daily rallies in five years

Jun. 30, 2015 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures on Tuesday climbed to their highest prices since December after the U.S. Agriculture Department said crop stockpiles and spring plantings were smaller than analysts expected. Traders are keeping a close eye on supply data amid uncertainty about how big the autumn […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather seen steering soybeans

Jun. 30, 2015 at 5:00 pm CDT

CNS Canada — CBOT soybean futures posted solid gains over the past week, coming to a five-and-a-half month high on Tuesday. Weather guided the soybean trade, rather than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acreage and stocks reports. John Weyer, co-director of the commercial hedge division at Walsh Trading, said soybeans […]

By Jade Markus

ICE weekly outlook: Canola receives boost from soybeans

Jun. 30, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market pulled higher during the week ended Tuesday, following heavy gains in the U.S. soy complex which advanced to its highest point in five months Tuesday. Traders were keenly observing Tuesday’s 2015-16 Statistics Canada acreage report which called for 19.84 million acres […]

By MarketsFarm Team