Soybean and corn yields in the United States were revised downward from earlier estimates in updated supply/demand tables from the United States Department of Agriculture released Nov. 14.
U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA
The U.S. corn crop could be the biggest ever. That’s terrible news for America’s farmers.
The USDA predicts a record corn crop for U.S. farmers, who question the agency’s accuracy amidst high debt and low crop prices.
Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data
U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the country’s federal government shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.
U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight day on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. harvest yields will be lower than the latest government forecast and on limited sales by farmers awaiting news from U.S.-China trade talks and details of government aid. Corn followed soybeans higher as an expected yield forecast […] Read more
China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each
China is expected to import one million tonnes less of canola in 2025/26 than in the previous marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Beijing projected. China was projected to acquire 3.10 million tonnes of canola this year versus 4.10 million in 2024/25.
U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm.
USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is developing a plan to revitalize the decimated U.S. beef herd, but will not offer payments to producers, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday.
More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché
Corn production in Mexico is to improve to 25 million tonnes in 2025/26, while the country’s wheat crop is to recede a little, said the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Mexico City.
USDA tweaks to soybeans, corn numbers
The United States Department of Agriculture is still forecasting a record-large corn crop in 2025/26 despite lowering its average yield projection in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released Sept. 12
USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm
Sterile flys to keep infection out of U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight the flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday, Aug. 15.