Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on expectations for bearish production report

Oct. 11, 2021 at 8:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slumped on Monday, as traders jockeyed for position on what is shaping up to be a large U.S. harvest and ahead of what is expected to be a bearish U.S. production forecast this week. The benchmark Chicago Board of Trade November soybean futures […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn weak, awaiting export news

Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures rise

Oct. 7, 2021 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. corn, soybean carryovers could increase

Oct. 6, 2021 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on energy market strength

Oct. 5, 2021 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybean futures extend losing streak

Oct. 4, 2021 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the third session in a row on Monday, sinking to their lowest in 9-1/2 months on continued pressure from a government report that showed domestic supplies were bigger than expected. Wheat firmed to its highest since mid-August on technical buying. Corn […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures extend slump

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:16 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures closed lower on Friday, extending their slide for a sixth session on lacklustre cash cattle trade and falling wholesale beef prices, traders said. CME October live cattle futures settled down 0.175 cent on Friday at 120.4 cents/lb. while the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as harvest comes to close

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The spring wheat harvest coming to a close in the Prairie provinces and cuts in production estimates south of the border have caused mixed bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday. All three Prairie provinces have either completed or have nearly completed spring wheat combining, bringing […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat extends climb on tight U.S. supply

Oct. 1, 2021 at 6:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit a six-week high on Friday, rallying for a second day in a row on smaller-than-expected stocks and production figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn futures followed wheat higher while soybeans fell to multi-month lows after USDA on Thursday reported larger-than-expected […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Tight U.S. soybean, corn stocks still beat expectations

Sep. 30, 2021 at 5:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn ending stocks in the U.S. may have been down sharply from the previous year, but still came in above trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly stocks report. That data in turn weighed on futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybean […]

By MarketsFarm