Insights and Stories on USDA

U.S. confirms will boost food stamps by record amount

Aug. 15, 2021 at 8:12 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Monday will announce revised nutrition standards dramatically boosting average food stamp benefits, the agency confirmed Sunday. The New York Times first reported the plan to unveil the largest permanent benefits increase in the history of the government’s primary anti-hunger program, […]

U.S. slashes corn, soybean, wheat harvest forecasts

Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:05 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

Aug. 11, 2021 at 9:19 am CDT

By Karen Braun

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA forecast depends on ‘a lot of moving parts’

Aug. 10, 2021 at 3:36 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates

Aug. 4, 2021 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle firm on scarce supply and firmer cash markets

Aug. 4, 2021 at 3:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures firmed on Wednesday as cash trade firmed and wholesale beef prices march higher, traders said. “We have some tighter market-ready cattle supplies right now. The outlook is for supplies to tighten further later in the year and into next year,” […]

By Christopher Walljasper

African swine fever confirmed in Dominican Republic pigs: USDA

Jul. 29, 2021 at 9:35 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the deadly hog virus African swine fever in samples from pigs in the Dominican Republic, the agency said on Wednesday, fuelling concerns about the disease creeping closer to the United States. The positive tests represent the first detection of the disease in […]

By Julie Ingwersen Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: More information needed for wheat, soybeans

Jul. 28, 2021 at 4:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As a spring wheat tour of the Northern Plains of the United States wraps up, grain traders are awaiting the results with great interest. “That has wheat excited all over again, because (traders are) already well aware yields are going to be quite low,” said Ryan Ettner, broker […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain

Jul. 23, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME feeder cattle futures firmed on Friday, bolstered by lower corn and wheat markets that may translate into eased feed costs, traders said. CME live cattle also gained and are expected to firm next week as the trade digests the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cattle […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat snaps winning streak

Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures plunged 2.6 per cent on Thursday, snapping a six-session streak of gains as traders locked in profits from the rally. Soybean futures were down two per cent, with the latest weather forecasts showing that some timely rains […]

By Mark Weinraub