Insights and Stories on USDA

Mainland U.S. moving to resume P.E.I. potato imports

Mar. 24, 2022 at 1:55 pm CDT

Exports of fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island to the mainland U.S. are expected to resume “soon” as U.S. officials move to put new rules in place for such shipments. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said Thursday that Canada “is expected to soon […]

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall, hogs firm

Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Reuters

USDA opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:29 pm CST

By Leah Douglas

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report influences steep drop in wheat

Mar. 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures limit down as USDA cuts exports

Mar. 9, 2022 at 3:05 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, but changes coming

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With feed barley and wheat supplies on the verge of running out, prices remain firm, according to Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “They’re on the positive side of stationary,” he said, noting prices could soon change following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. “With what’s […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Early USDA forecast points to record-large 2022 soybean crop

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the U.S. could grow a record-large soybean crop in 2022, according to early predictions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released at their annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF) on Thursday. The government agency forecast soybean plantings in the country at 88 million acres, which would be […]

By MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Russia-Ukraine tensions fuelling rallies

Feb. 23, 2022 at 6:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Russia’s incursion into Ukrainian territory, which has intensified an already tense standoff between Russia and the West, has had a bullish effect for grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) during the week ended Tuesday, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Second Nova Scotia poultry operation hit with avian flu

Feb. 14, 2022 at 4:03 pm CST

A second farm in western Nova Scotia has been hit with highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial birds, further expanding containment measures in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it confirmed high-path H5N1 on Wednesday last week in birds at a mixed farm in the area, where […]

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rally on tightening supplies, drought

Feb. 11, 2022 at 2:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — New supply data from both sides of the Canada/U.S. border, as well as ongoing drought in wheat growing regions, have supported western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly supply/demand estimates on Wednesday and cut its projected global wheat […]

By Adam Peleshaty