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Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans higher than expected

By Charles Abbott April 26, 2013

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans will be much larger than expected at the end of 2012-13, with much of the increase driven by bigger U.S. supplies and lower Chinese feed demand, says the USDA. It sharply raised its estimates of ending stocks of the three crops compared with March. Projected corn carry-out was

Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. corn harvest on record pace, soy lagging

By Mark Weinrau October 26, 2012

Reuters / U.S. corn harvest was a record 87 per cent complete and farmers had finished 80 per cent of soybean harvest as of Sunday, Oct. 21 according to a U.S. Agriculture Department report issued on Monday, but the tail end of their combining efforts was expected to be slow due to rain. Analysts had

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Canada beef warning broadened to new products

October 10, 2012

Reuters / A public warning in Canada about beef possibly tainted with E. coli has been updated to include additional products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) released a list of dozens of products Sept. 30 made from beef voluntarily recalled by XL Foods, whose plant in Brooks, Alberta, was temporarily shut by the agency

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

U.S. feedlot cattle supply at a four-year high

By Theopolis Waters March 29, 2012

Placements rose three per cent in February Cattle supplies in U.S. feedlots rose to their highest in four years last month, a U.S. government report showed March 23, as surging prices in the cash market and improved wheat pastures in the drought-stricken southern Plains lifted placements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cattle-on-feed report showed that

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Record world wheat stocks to offset South American drought

By Charles Abbott March 5, 2012

World wheat stocks will swell to a record this year and corn supplies will be larger than expected despite a crop-withering drought in South America, the U.S. government forecast Feb. 9. India will post a record rice crop of 102 million tonnes, up two million tonnes from a January estimate, due to beneficial monsoons and

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

Modest hog herd expansion boosts futures

By Theopolis Waters January 12, 2012

The U.S. hog supply increased at a modest rate this fall, with the litter size hitting a record high, the latest USDA quarterly report shows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dec. 23 quarterly hogs and pig report showed that an average of 10.02 pigs survived to maturity in the September-November period, up from 9.9 last

News

Modest hog herd expansion boosts futures

By Theopolis Waters January 5, 2012

The U.S. hog supply increased at a modest rate this fall, with the litter size hitting a record high, the latest USDA quarterly report shows. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dec. 23 quarterly hogs and pig report showed that an average of 10.02 pigs survived to maturity in the September-November period, up from 9.9 last

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Hog Herd Expands Modestly On Record Prices

By Theopolis Waters October 6, 2011

U.S. hog producers expanded herds more than expected this summer as record-high hog prices helped defray high feeding costs, analysts said Sept. 28 following a government hog report. The expansion will help boost pork production and keep retail pork prices in check. However, the pace of that herd growth was limited by corn prices hitting

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

By Charles Abbott September 15, 2011

Athree per cent reduction in the U.S. corn crop after a scorching summer will be largely offset by an abrupt fall in demand from both domestic and export consumers, the government forecast on Monday. In a report that painted a marginally brighter outlook for world grain supplies thanks to larger wheat and rice crops, the

Livestock

Cattle Herd Shrinks, Hog Numbers Increase

August 25, 2011

Canada’s cattle herd shrank as of July 1 to its smallest in 17 years, while the number of hogs rose by mid-year for the first time in five years, Statistics Canada said Aug. 22. Farmers had nearly 13.9 million head of cattle on their farms, down 0.8 per cent from a year ago, continuing a

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 15-month high on U.S.-China trade deal hopes

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices to stay steady, says broker

U.S. livestock: Feeders continue to fall; live cattle level out

Tag Archives U.S. Commodities

Global inventories of corn, wheat and soybeans higher than expected

U.S. corn harvest on record pace, soy lagging

Canada beef warning broadened to new products

U.S. feedlot cattle supply at a four-year high

Record world wheat stocks to offset South American drought

Modest hog herd expansion boosts futures

Modest hog herd expansion boosts futures

U.S. Hog Herd Expands Modestly On Record Prices

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

Cattle Herd Shrinks, Hog Numbers Increase

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