The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Cotton prices are down 35 to 39 points early on Tuesday. Futures closed out the Monday session with contracts up 11 to 39 points. Crude oil futures were $1.79/barrel higher. The US dollar index was rallying, up $0.996 to $98.295. Weekly Crop Progress data indicated 80% of the US cotton...

Lean hog futures closed 17 cents lower in the nearby August contract, as other months were up 27 to 65 cents. Preliminary open interest was up 3,446 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $111.35 in the Monday PM report, up $1.08 from the previous report....

Live cattle futures started out Monday with a gap higher and closed with gains of $1.40 to $1.87 on the session. Cash activity settled in at $230-232 in the South last week, with $240-245 in the North. Feeder cattle futures closed out Monday with $2.15 to $2.35 gains in the...

Some early signs that weather could be turning more price-bullish for corn, soybeans, and wheat are starting to emerge.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.14 (+0.86%), and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV25 ) closed up +3.80 (+0.81%). Sugar prices finished higher Monday as a rally in crude oil prices sparked short covering in sugar futures. WTI crude oil (CLU5 ) rose...

September arabica coffee (KCU25 ) on Monday closed up +4.15 (+1.39%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU25 ) closed up +130 (+4.03%). Coffee prices settled sharply higher Monday due to adverse weather conditions in Brazil and concerns about tariffs. On Monday, Sucden Financial Ltd said that a severe hailstorm in...

Live cattle futures are trading with 97 cent to $1.15 gains on Monday, after gapping higher at the open. Cash activity settled in at $230-232 in the South last week, with $240-245 in the North. Feeder cattle futures are 70 cents to $1.10 higher at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle...

Lean hog futures are showing mixed action on Monday, with October down a tick and December up 35 cents. USDA’s national base hog price had a weighted average of $109.02 in the Monday AM report, down 24 cents from the previous report. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 33...

Corn futures are trading with 4 to 5 ½ cent gains across most contracts at Monday’s midday. The CmdtyView national average new crop Cash Corn price is down 5 cents at $3.71 3/4. USDA reported a private export sale of 225,000 MT of corn to Mexico this morning all for...