Insights and Stories on USDA

USDA to issue long-term crop data early in bid to be more timely

Dec. 17, 2014 at 6:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue some of its 10-year supply-demand projections for major U.S. crops and livestock two months early on Thursday to provide more current information to global commodity traders, a USDA economist said on Wednesday. “The projections are more timely now than […]

Normalized relations with Cuba seen positive for U.S. agriculture

Dec. 17, 2014 at 5:38 pm CST

By Karl Plume

USDA cuts U.S. corn, soy stocks view on demand hikes

Dec. 10, 2014 at 5:30 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub Tom Polansek

U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

Dec. 8, 2014 at 5:54 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers set for huge government payouts despite bumper harvest

Nov. 19, 2014 at 6:10 pm CST

By Christine Stebbins Ros Krasny

USDA trims bin-busting U.S. corn crop, raises soybeans again

Nov. 10, 2014 at 3:25 pm CST

Washington | Reuters –– The 2014 U.S. corn crop, while still a record, will be slightly below recent market expectations according to government data released Monday, giving a boost to beaten-down corn prices, while soybean production continues to rise. CBOT corn futures closed up 0.5 per cent on the bullishly […]

By Ros Krasny

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

Nov. 7, 2014 at 7:18 pm CST

CORRECTED, Nov. 10, 2014 — Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday approved the first genetically modified potato for commercial planting in the United States in more than a decade, a move likely to draw the ire of groups opposed to artificial manipulation of foods. The so-called […]

By Ros Krasny

USDA raises record U.S. corn, soybean crops again

Oct. 10, 2014 at 12:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean production in 2014 will be even higher than the record forecast a month ago, but somewhat below market expectations, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Friday. USDA made surprise cuts to U.S. and global wheat ending stocks for 2014-15, pushing wheat […]

By Ros Krasny

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Insights and Stories on USDA

USDA to issue long-term crop data early in bid to be more timely

Normalized relations with Cuba seen positive for U.S. agriculture

USDA cuts U.S. corn, soy stocks view on demand hikes

U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

U.S. farmers set for huge government payouts despite bumper harvest

USDA trims bin-busting U.S. corn crop, raises soybeans again

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

USDA raises record U.S. corn, soybean crops again

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