Insights and Stories on USDA

CBOT weekly outlook: South American dryness main source of support

Jan. 5, 2022 at 7:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After corn and the soy complex on the Chicago Board of Trade shot up on Tuesday following the fats and oils as well as the crushing reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), one trader said he isn’t expecting any surprises to come out of USDA’s supply […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn supported by South America dryness

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:38 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Dec. 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures sag as broad selling hits markets

Dec. 20, 2021 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures slumped on Monday as traders reduced risk in the face of rising coronavirus cases, brokers said. Selling hit a range of markets including crude oil, which lost more than three per cent, and U.S. stocks. “The risk-off trade is back today,” […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Hog futures end mixed ahead of USDA data

Dec. 17, 2021 at 8:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed mixed on Friday, with the front February contract gaining against deferred months as traders squared positions ahead of a quarterly U.S. government hog report due next week, traders said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 0.45 cent at 80.8 […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Hog futures up in thin trade

Dec. 16, 2021 at 7:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose in thin trade on Thursday to halt a three-session slide, buoyed by firming cash hog markets and higher wholesale pork prices, analysts said. Most-active February hog futures settled up 1.025 cents at 80.35 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Trading volume […]

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls

Dec. 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm CST

MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat bounces from lowest in a month

Dec. 10, 2021 at 5:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rebounded from a one-month low on Friday, gaining 1.1 per cent on a round of bargain-buying and renewed interest on the export market, traders said. Soybeans also were firm but corn was weaker on a technical setback. News that Chinese buyers had booked […]

By Mark Weinraub