Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm ahead of WASDE

Apr. 7, 2022 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed on Thursday, bolstered by eroding South American production and steady U.S. export sales. CBOT wheat and corn futures eased ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly global supply and demand report due Friday, expected to reflect the potential […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Smaller corn, soybean ending stocks expected

Apr. 6, 2022 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA reports offer new oilseed insights from India, Japan

Apr. 6, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:24 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle fall on strong slaughter, profit-taking

Apr. 4, 2022 at 6:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Monday on profit taking following last week’s Hogs and Pigs report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The overall fundamental is still tight numbers, tight supply created by disease, empty pen spaces, empty buildings,” said Brad […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Prairie cash wheat: Peace talks, USDA report pull on wheat futures

Apr. 1, 2022 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While peace prospects in Ukraine brought pressure onto wheat futures early on, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report caused the prices for two major western Canadian wheat varieties to close at different levels for the week ended Thursday. On the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), wheat futures declined […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

Apr. 1, 2022 at 7:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second session on Friday, with the spot May contract dropping below US$16 a bushel for the first time in a month after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast record soy acreage in that country. Corn futures ended mixed. The front […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME hogs, cattle ease on profit-taking

Apr. 1, 2022 at 7:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday on follow-through technical selling one day after the benchmark June contract closed lower in a huge reversal from a life-of-contract high. CME benchmark June lean hogs settled down 0.175 cent at 120.40 cents/lb., retreating farther […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs retreat off contract highs

Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Thursday, shrugging off early support from a bullish U.S. government hog inventory report as traders appeared to focus instead on profit-taking at the end of the quarter and disappointing wholesale pork prices, traders said. CME […]

By Julie Ingwersen