Insights and Stories on USDA

Slow U.S. corn shipments could pressure supply forecasts

Aug. 11, 2021 at 9:19 am CDT

Reuters – The United States has already secured a record corn export campaign for the nearly concluded season, but the shipments are unlikely to match the government’s current forecast because the pace has recently been too slow. Disappointing export inspections last week – a marketing year low – might be […]

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

By Christopher Walljasper

African swine fever confirmed in Dominican Republic pigs: USDA

Jul. 29, 2021 at 9:35 am CDT

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

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog contracts end firm

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME cattle and hog futures rose on Wednesday, supported by concerns about near-term supplies, traders said. Analysts were expecting a U.S. Agriculture Department report on Friday to show that the number of cattle on feed as of July 1 was 99 per cent of the year-earlier […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on deteriorating crop conditions

Jul. 20, 2021 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures climbed on Tuesday to a two-month peak after official data underscored poor conditions for drought-hit U.S. spring wheat. Chicago corn gained, as a lower-than-expected weekly crop rating focused attention back to dry conditions in parts of the Midwest. Soybeans rebounded after being pressured […]

By Christopher Walljasper