Insights and Stories on USDA

CME December live cattle, Sept. 25, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle slip, but stay near recent highs

Sep. 25, 2023 at 7:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange eased on Monday as the market pulled back slightly from life-of-contract highs set last week. The markets remain near their peaks as tight U.S. cattle supplies continue to fuel supply concerns. CME October live cattle futures settled 0.1 […]

CME December live cattle, Sept. 22, 2023.

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up on bargain-buying, tight supplies

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: December hogs limit-down on pork prices, macroeconomic fears

Sep. 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn up off near-three-year lows

Sep. 19, 2023 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Corn down on harvest pressure, demand woes

Sep. 18, 2023 at 5:45 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) hit their lowest levels in nearly three years on Monday as the Midwest harvest expanded, adding to fears of a supply glut at a time of weak export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. The […]

By Zachary Goelman

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on positioning, crush pace

Sep. 15, 2023 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on technical selling and profit taking after two sessions of gains, and as a monthly crush report showed U.S. processors handled far fewer beans than expected in August. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, with both markets also pressured by improving […]

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices for U.S. soybeans, corn where they should be

Sep. 14, 2023 at 1:37 am CDT

MarketsFarm — There have been no surprises in the price movement for U.S. soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report. “This was a case [for soybeans] where the trade expected even tighter ending stocks. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA adjusts soy, corn outlooks in September report

Sep. 12, 2023 at 6:39 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture made a number of slight changes to its forecast on soybeans and corn for 2023-24, while keeping its domestic wheat numbers from August. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates, adjusting its forecast on this year’s soybean yields […]

By MarketsFarm

Numerous revisions to USDA’s data on Canadian canola

Sep. 12, 2023 at 5:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola production numbers for Canada as estimated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture underwent several changes for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 crop years. The data for Canada was among the estimates USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) put in its monthly report, Oilseeds: World Market and Trade. The FAS […]

By MarketsFarm