Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle mixed as traders await USDA data

May. 19, 2022 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended mixed on Thursday as traders awaited U.S. Department of Agriculture data on the number of cattle in feedlots. USDA’s Cattle on Feed report, due Friday at 2 p.m. CT, is expected to show U.S. feedlots held 1.3 per cent […]

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, corn ease off rally on supply concerns

May. 13, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react to USDA supply/demand estimates

May. 12, 2022 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheats up on ‘indisputably bullish’ cuts to harvest estimates

May. 12, 2022 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Supply worries, weather spur rallies

May. 11, 2022 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Chicago grains firm after planting-inspired decline

May. 10, 2022 at 5:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures edged up on Tuesday, a day after sliding on macroeconomic worries, as traders assessed U.S. planting progress. Wheat traded near even, pressured by recent rainfall across the U.S. Great Plains, though global supply concerns underpinned the market, while corn traded near even, supported […]

By Christopher Walljasper

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. spring wheat seeding near standstill

May. 4, 2022 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A succession of weather events has pretty much brought spring planting in North Dakota and Minnesota to a standstill, according to analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag at Fargo, N.D. The weekly crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated nationwide planting of spring wheat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA attache predicts large 2022-23 grain crops for Canada

May. 2, 2022 at 6:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada is expected to see a 30 per cent increase in grain production in 2022-23, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Ottawa. Expectations for improved yields for Prairie grain crops after the 2021-22 drought accounted for much of the projected […]

By MarketsFarm

EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23

Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Total grain production in the European Union is expected to decrease overall by 2.4 per cent in 2022-23, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture attachés throughout the multi-nation bloc. For the coming crop year, they forecast production to be 286.02 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley, rye, oats, […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, traders said. Soybean futures eased as Brazil’s Anec raised its outlook for the country’s export forecast for the oilseed. Losses […]

By Mark Weinraub