Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

Apr. 22, 2015 at 5:10 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Faced with a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected millions of chickens and turkeys, the U.S. Agriculture Department could turn to what it has always seen as a last resort: readying and deploying a vaccine to fight the disease. Up to now, USDA has said […]

More U.S. turkey flocks hit with bird flu

Apr. 14, 2015 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy nears six-month low as USDA lifts stocks outlook

Apr. 9, 2015 at 5:28 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

USDA raises U.S. corn end stocks view; cuts wheat, soy

Apr. 9, 2015 at 5:21 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy watching weather for direction

Apr. 8, 2015 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Corn drops ahead of USDA report, wheat mostly lower

Apr. 8, 2015 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for the third day in a row on Wednesday as traders staked out positions ahead of a government report that was expected to boost projections for supplies of the grain at the end of the crop year, traders said. Chicago Board of […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy extends rally sparked by plantings report

Apr. 1, 2015 at 4:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped 1.6 per cent on Wednesday, their third straight day of gains, as the U.S. government’s forecast for smaller-than-expected plantings of the oilseed continued to fuel buying. Corn and wheat also rose, rebounding from sharp losses on Tuesday as bargain buyers stepped in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn hit by one-two punch of plantings, stocks data

Mar. 31, 2015 at 4:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– A double-whammy of U.S. crop reports pegging corn plantings and inventories above traders’ estimates knocked down grain futures on Tuesday and fuelled forecasts for further price declines. Taken together, the data lifted expectations for corn supplies after U.S. farmers brought in a record harvest last year, […]

By Tom Polansek

USDA sees corn acres, stocks above expectations, record soy seedings

Mar. 31, 2015 at 12:19 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers were seen cutting their corn plantings by less than expected in 2015 even as supplies ballooned to the highest since 1987, U.S. government data showed on Tuesday. The U.S. Agriculture Department, in its closely watched prospective plantings report, also predicted that farmers would devote […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat up four per cent on dry Plains conditions

Mar. 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose more than four per cent on Monday as dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Plains, coupled with hot weather this week, prompted investors to cover positions, traders said. Corn followed wheat up and soybeans closed fractionally higher as […]

By Julie Ingwersen