Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on firm cash markets, vegoils

Oct. 19, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended higher on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, with the benchmark November contract touching a one-week top on firm cash markets and global demand for vegetable oils, analysts said. But Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures closed lower, sagging after […]

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on export data, acreage worries

Oct. 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy bounce on technical buying, potential export demand

Oct. 15, 2021 at 5:01 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Futures see ‘dead cat bounce’

Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:12 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound

Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:04 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures fall on big grain stocks, export pace

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures dipped to a four-week low on Wednesday as the grain markets continued to feel pressure from higher than expected forecasts of U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybean futures fell further, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected U.S. soybean and corn […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near three-week low amid ample supply

Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures fell to their lowest prices in about three weeks on Wednesday amid pressure from plentiful supplies, analysts said. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures also finished lower at CME. Hog supplies tend to increase in the autumn, pushing more pork […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle down on raised beef production forecasts

Oct. 12, 2021 at 5:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended lower on Tuesday, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slightly increased its forecasts for beef production this year and next year. USDA, in a monthly report, raised its 2021 estimate by 0.3 per cent from September because of higher […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Soybeans touch last December’s lows

Oct. 12, 2021 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures dropped on Tuesday to the lowest seen since December 2020, after a U.S. government report pegged soybean and corn production to be bigger than traders had previously expected. The monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report pegged the soybean crop at […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, after a U.S. court struck down a Trump-era rule that removed line speed limits. The proposal put forward by Quality […]

By Tom Polansek