The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Corn Holding Lower on Monday

Corn futures are trading with contracts down fractionally to 2 cents in the front months on Monday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price are down 1 ½ cents at $3.86. USDA tallied corn export shipments at 1.63 MMT (64.26 mbu) during the week ending on November 20. That was...

Barchart · Nov 24, 2025

Sugar Prices Supported by the Prospects of Smaller Sugar Exports From India

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.14 (+0.95%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.50 (+0.59%). Sugar prices are posting moderate gains today as they continue to consolidate below last Wednesday's 1-month highs. Sugar is supported by the recent news that...

Barchart · Nov 24, 2025

Cattle Traders Look to React to CoF Report and Tyson Shutdown News

Live cattle futures saw Friday losses of 27 to 62 cents, with the weekly loss taken to $4.70 in December. A few cash sales in the north were reported at $215-219 last week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $222-224 in the South. Feeder cattle futures...

Barchart · Nov 24, 2025

'We want to trust what we’ve heard': Farmers remain unsettled on trade, even after China’s biggest U.S. soybean purchase in two years

China’s U.S. soybean haul has exceeded 1 million metric tons this month. Trump wants China to buy 12 million tons by the end of the year.

Fortune · Nov 21, 2025

Sugar Prices Finish Higher on Pre-Weekend Short Covering

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Friday closed up +12 (+0.82%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +4.10 (+0.98%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses on Friday and settled higher on some pre-weekend short covering. Since posting 3.5-week highs on Wednesday, sugar prices...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025

Cattle Buying the Fact as Brazilian Tariffs Lifted

Live cattle futures are up $1.22 to 1.40 so far on Friday. A few cash sales in the north have been reported at $215-220 this week, with most on the higher side of that range, and $224 in the South. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025

Hogs Falling Lower on Friday

Lean hog futures are down $1.0 to $2.25 at midday. USDA’s national base hog price from the Friday AM report was down $1.93 from the day prior at $70.31. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 56 cents on November 19 at $87.71. USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025

Sugar Prices Consolidate Recent Gains

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +5 (+0.34%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +2.50 (+0.60%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses today and moved slightly higher on some pre-weekend short covering. Since posting 3.5-week highs on Wednesday, sugar prices have...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025

Corn: Is the Tepid Rally Bearish?

The 2025 U.S. crop year is now fading into the past. Although the U.S. produced a robust corn crop, prices have been trending higher since mid-August, which could reflect commodity cyclicality.

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025

Hogs Look to Round Out the Week on Friday

Lean hog futures settled the Thursday session with most contracts 30 to 65 cents higher. Open interest was down just 92 contracts on Thursday, suggesting a rotation of ownership. USDA’s national base hog price from Thursday afternoon was reported at $71.87, down $2.74 from the day prior. The CME Lean...

Barchart · Nov 21, 2025