Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: North Dakota corn growers switch to soy, sunflower

May. 17, 2023 at 5:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Faced with a late start due to wet conditions, North Dakota farmers are changing their spring planting plans. They’re switching from corn to crops such as soybeans and sunflowers, according to analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo. “Guys just started rolling here on [May 14 and […]

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low on crop prospects

May. 17, 2023 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on improving crop prospects, export competition

May. 16, 2023 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Klassen: Lower beef production forecast drives feeder market higher

May. 16, 2023 at 12:31 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up two per cent on firm cash markets, short-covering

May. 15, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.K. to increase rapeseed, product output in 2023-24

May. 15, 2023 at 4:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the rapeseed crop in the United Kingdom estimated at 66 per cent good to excellent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture attaché in London, forecast production for 2023-24 to be 1.38 million tonnes. That would make for a 1.4 per cent increase over the 2022-23 crop. While the […]

By MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rise ahead of U.S. WASDE report

May. 12, 2023 at 7:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids for red spring wheat in Western Canada went up, while durum prices declined for the week ended Thursday as traders and analysts await the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA released its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) report on Friday, including the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Record U.S. corn, soybean crops for 2023-24, USDA says

May. 12, 2023 at 6:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The United States may be in the midst of growing record-breaking corn and soybean crops if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is correct. USDA on Friday released its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), which included its first U.S. production estimates for 2023-24. The report also provided […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders, analysts anticipate WASDE report

May. 11, 2023 at 12:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While traders and analysts continue to keep an eye on weather conditions, their collective focus will momentarily shift on Friday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases its monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE). This month’s report will be highly significant as it will announce the first […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago soy dips, corn flat as planting progresses

May. 8, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybeans ended down and corn was flat on Monday, as U.S. planting progressed ahead of last year and uncertainty over whether Ukraine’s safe shipping agreement for grain exports will be extended with the deal set to expire on May 18. Corn, one of the […]

By Cassandra Garrison