Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could surprise in USDA’s acres report

Jun. 28, 2023 at 2:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although grains analyst Terry Reilly of Futures International said he isn’t expecting any big changes in two upcoming reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he suggested there’s an opportunity for couple of notable alterations. USDA is scheduled to release its planted acreage and quarterly grain stocks reports […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slide as Midwest rain outlook improves

Jun. 27, 2023 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Fed market supports feeder complex

Jun. 27, 2023 at 6:53 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. regulator allows first sales of lab-grown meat

Jun. 23, 2023 at 8:09 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle rally as corn prices sag

Jun. 23, 2023 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hogs fall

Jun. 22, 2023 at 5:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures firmed on Thursday, rebounding from a sharp decline a day earlier on support from weakness in the corn market. Live cattle futures also closed higher but hog contracts weakened, extending a sell-off that started on Wednesday as traders said the […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat rally to multi-month highs on weather concerns

Jun. 21, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rose to multi-month highs on Wednesday, supported by concerns about crop shortfalls around the globe due to adverse weather in key production areas. “Listening to the meteorologists this morning, they pretty much threw in the towel on any moisture for […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans reach one-month high on weather woes

Jun. 13, 2023 at 6:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit a one-month high on Tuesday on worries about dry conditions in the Midwest hurting crop prospects and spillover strength from crude oil, traders said. Corn futures were mostly higher on the Midwest weather jitters, but the nearby July contract fell on profit-taking […]

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA’s June WASDE report brings few notable changes

Jun. 9, 2023 at 5:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Very few major changes were made in the latest edition of the world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) published Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the 2023-24 crop year, USDA pegged total domestic wheat production at 1.665 billion bushels, slightly higher than the 1.659 billion […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures snap winning streak

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday, with the most-active Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract snapping a five-session rally that had pushed prices to their highest in nearly three weeks, traders said. But concerns about export demand for U.S. supplies pulled wheat prices […]

By Mark Weinraub