The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Lean hog futures are showing losses of $1 to $1.25 at Wednesday’s midday, with August up a nickel ahead of Thursday’s expiration. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $110.10 on Wednesday morning, up $3.75. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 18 cents at $109.84 on August 11....

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) today is up +4.35 (+1.38%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) is up +237 (+6.36%). Coffee prices are trading higher today on light frost early this week in Cerrado Mineiro, a key arabica growing area in Brazil. Early assessments suggest that damage has been...

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Live cattle futures closed with gains of $2.40 to $2.95 on Tuesday. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week, as last week was light with $245 northern action reported and $235 in the South. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of $5.15 to $5.65 as corn losses were...

The wheat complex fell lower on Tuesday, as USDA added some bushels to the winter wheat output. CBT soft red wheat futures led the charge lower, down 9 to 10 cents in the nearbys. KC HRW futures were down 7 to 8 1/4 cents in the front months. MPLS spring...

Cotton futures were in rally mode on Tuesday, as USDA played a supportive role. Contracts were up 161 to 178 points at the close. The US dollar index was back down $0.466 to $97.895, as crude oil futures were down 86 cents. USDA showed a total of 840,000 planted acres...

Corn futures fell lower on Tuesday as USDA added more than 1 billion bushels to the balance sheet. Contracts closed with losses of 12 to 13 ½ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 13 1/4 cents at $3.54 1/4. USDA reported a private export sale this...

Lean hog futures closed out Tuesday with 12 to 42 cent losses. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $112.41 on Tuesday afternoon, up $4.16. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 23 cents at $110.02 on August 8. USDA’s FOB plant pork cutout report from Tuesday afternoon was...

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...