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Banners of U.S. President Donald Trump and President Abraham Lincoln reading “Growing America Since 1862” hang over the entrance to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

By Reuters October 10, 2025

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.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Corn, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 8, 2025

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

Canola, Markets, News, Soybeans

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

By Glen Hallick October 1, 2025

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.

Livestock, News, Reuters

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

By Reuters September 26, 2025

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm.

Livestock, Reuters

USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary

By Leah Douglas, Reuters September 25, 2025

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.

File photo of a cornfield in Mexico. (Roberto Cabrera/iStock/Getty Images)

Cereals, Corn, Markets, News

More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché

By Glen Hallick September 23, 2025

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.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA tweaks to soybeans, corn numbers

By Glen Hallick September 12, 2025

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

Animal health worker Eduardo Lugo treats the wounds of a cow as Chihuahua ranchers intensify surveillance for the screwworm after the U.S. suspended cattle imports following the detection of the parasite in southern Mexico, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union, in Nuevo Palomas, Mexico May 16, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Beef Cattle, Livestock, News, Reuters

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Sterile flys to keep infection out of U.S.

By Leah Douglas, Reuters, Tom Polansek August 15, 2025

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.

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Soybeans

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Corn at 188.8 bu./ac. soybeans at 53.6 bu./ac.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 12, 2025

Record large corn and soybean yields are expected in the United States this year, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Aug. 12.

Cereals, Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

Less area to harvest, reduced yields

By Glen Hallick July 28, 2025

With dry conditions in Australia’s southern production regions, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Canberra projected reduced wheat production for 2025/26. The attaché wrote in their report released on July 28 that Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria had low soil moisture levels going into wheat planting and there was below-average autumn rains.

Daily Network News

Confusion cleared on Canadian calf import changes

U.S. livestock: Live cattle continue higher

U.S. grains: Soybeans retreat after one-month high; corn, wheat sag

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Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as U.S. shutdown blocks key crop data

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on lackluster harvest sales, lower yield outlook

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

USDA plan to rebuild beef herd will not include producer payments, says farm secretary

More corn, less wheat to be grown in Mexico says USDA attaché

USDA tweaks to soybeans, corn numbers

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Record yields forecast for U.S. corn and soybeans

Dryness reduces Australian wheat output says USDA attaché

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