The Latest Breaking News from USDA

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.22 (+1.36%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is up +5.10 (+1.13%). Sugar prices are climbing today due to concerns over lower sugarcane yields in Brazil. Unica reported today that Brazil's Center South sugarcane crush in the...

The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity data. The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after publishing statistics pertaining to 2024 data. The Conversation U.S. asked Tracy Roof, a…

Lean hog futures are trading with $1 to $1.52 losses across most contracts on Wednesday. USDA’s national base hog price from the Wednesday morning report was down $2.38 from the day prior at $99.95. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 5 cents on September 29 at $104.73. USDA’s...

Live cattle futures are showing trade on either side of unchanged, with contracts 50 cents higher to 30 cents lower. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange showed no sales on the 2,552 head listed, with a few bids of $232. Feeder cattle futures are mixed so far on Wednesday with...

It's official: The U.S. government shut down as of Wednesday, October 1, after Congress failed to agree upon federal funding extensions.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.45 (-2.71%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is down -14.40 (-3.07%). Sugar prices are sharply lower today, with London sugar falling to a 1-week low. The outlook for higher sugar production in Thailand is undercutting sugar...

Corn prices are down 2 to 3 ¼ cents so far on Wednesday morning. Futures fell 6 to 7 cents across most contracts on the Tuesday session, as USDA found a couple (hundred million) more bushels than the trade had expected in the quarterly Grain Stocks report. Preliminary open interest...

Wheat is continuing the weaker trend from Tuesday, as contracts are down across the three exchanges. The wheat complex fell across the three markets on Tuesday, as USDA found a few more bushels via the production number on Tuesday morning. CBT soft red wheat futures were down 10 to 12...

Lean hog futures saw some month end pressure on Tuesday, with contracts $1.30 to $1.65 lower at the close. Preliminary open interest was own 1,574 contracts, suggesting some long liquidation. USDA’s national base hog price from the Tuesday afternoon was down 19 cents from the day prior at $102.25. The...