Insights and Stories on USDA

South Africa looking at another large corn crop in 2022-23

Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — South Africa is reported to be well on its way to producing another 15 million-plus-tonne corn crop in 2022-23, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attaché in Pretoria. However, it will be far less than the USDA’s current estimate of 17.3 million tonnes. Nevertheless, if the […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans end lower on crop prospects

Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Larger U.S. barley crop expected in 2022

Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Larger spring wheat crop expected in U.S.

Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Futures plunge after USDA raises supply outlook, trims some demand

Jul. 12, 2022 at 3:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures fell sharply on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) boosted key crop supply forecasts and scaled back some demand expectations in a monthly report. Benchmark corn, soy and wheat futures all retreated back to pre-Ukraine war levels as soaring […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soy, corn firm on weather worries

Jul. 11, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed on Monday on forecasts for hot, dry conditions across the Midwest farm belt as well as technical buying and positioning ahead of Tuesday’s monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply-and-demand reports. The market eased from overnight highs, however, as updated […]

By Karl Plume

USDA attaché alters call on China’s ending stocks

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the July world supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Tuesday, the department’s attaché in Beijing put forth its forecast changes. The attaché lowered ending stocks for China’s new-crop soybeans and rapeseed, while it increased the carryover for new-crop corn […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Futures fall on recession fears, Midwest rains

Jul. 5, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday, joining a broad sell-off in crude oil and equity markets tied to fears of a global economic recession and waning demand for commodities, analysts said. Beneficial rains in portions of the U.S. Midwest over […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. soybean acres come in below expectations

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Farmers in the United States seeded fewer soybean acres than original intentions and slightly more corn, according to updated acreage estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released June 30. Total soybean area in the country for the 2022 growing season was pegged at 88.30 million acres by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin