The Latest Breaking News from USDA

The wheat complex is showing weakness at Tuesday’s midday. KC HRW futures are down 8 to 9 cents in the front months. CBT soft red wheat futures are 9 to 10 cents lower in the nearbys. MPLS spring wheat is the firmest, down just fractionally at midday. USDA trimmed the...

Cotton futures are showing 98 to 138 point gains so far on Tuesday, as bulls are finding some steam with the help from a USDA acreage cut. The US dollar index is back down $0.511 to $97.850, as crude oil futures are down 76 cents. USDA showed a total of...

Live cattle futures closed out the Monday session with gains, as contracts were 12 to 55 cents higher at the close despite some early pressure. Cash trade was light last week with $245 northern action reported, steady to $2 lower wk/wk. The South was listed at $235, steady. Feeder cattle...

The soybean market is trading with Tuesday morning losses of 11 to 12 cents, as they correct lower ahead of this morning’s USDA release. Soybeans rallied on Monday, following a Social post from the President on Sunday night. Futures closed with 20 to 24 front month gains. Preliminray open interest...

Lean hog futures posted gains across the front months on Monday, as contracts were p 45 cent sot $1.10. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $108.25 on Monday afternoon, up $1.52. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 15 cents at $110.25 on August 7. USDA’s FOB plant...

A “sell the rumor, buy the facts” scenario could play out in grain futures this week.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.24 (+1.48%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +3.60 (+0.76%). Sugar prices moved higher on Monday, with NY sugar posting a 1-week high and London sugar posting a 1.5-week high. Concern about smaller sugar...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Monday closed up +11.35 (+3.67%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +167 (+4.69%). Coffee prices rallied sharply on Monday, with arabica surging to a 7-week high and robusta soaring to a 4-week high. Signs of tighter coffee supplies are supporting prices...

Live cattle futures are mixed on Monday, with August up 35 cents and other contracts steady to 30 cents lower. Due to the limit losses in the feeders on Friday, live cattle have expanded limits of $10.75 today. Cash trade was light last week with $245 northern action reported, steady...