Most of the attention to USDA's hogs and pigs reports is focused on their quarterly numbers. They also publish monthly estimates as part of the quarterly reports. Perhaps the most import number in the December 27 report was their estimate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The USDA released its monthly Crop Production and WASDE reports earlier this month and Kansas State University Extension Agricultural Economist Dan O’Brien has been crunching the numbers to see what they portend for grain prices in ...
Tags: Grain Prices, Record Levels
U.S. corn exports to Latin America continue to grow. According to the USDA, the Western Hemisphere's accumulated U.S. corn imports are more than 67 million bushels ahead of last year at this same time. Mexico, the second-largest U.S. corn ...
Tags: Corn Imports, Food
The number of hogs on Iowa and U.S. farms as of December 1 has declined, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Hogs and Pigs Report. The report released Dec. 27 shows there were 20.5 million hogs and pigs ...
Tags: Hog Inventory, Agriculture
Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. There are some concerns about weather in parts of Argentina, but Brazil looks good and the trade expects a record crop out of the continent. Past that – there was no real fresh news ...
Tags: Soybean, Corn Futures
Multiple winter storms kept temperatures below normal for the month of December and brought winter precipitation of all types, according to today's Oklahoma Crop Weather report issued by the USDA-NASS Oklahoma Field Office. December 5-6 a ...
Tags: Wheat, Canola, Agriculture
Netherlands-based Micreos has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food processing aid against Salmonella status for its SALMONELEX from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ...
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On Friday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start higher. The early calls for the commodities on Friday, January 3, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents higher, soybeans 2-4 cents higher, and ...
Tags: Corn, Soybeans, Agriculture, Food
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.87, down 25 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $423.80, down $13.90 Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.51, ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture, Food
"Unlock your soil's potential" is the theme for the 36th annual Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association Workshop and Trade Show scheduled for Jan. 6-8, at the Holiday Inn-Riverside in Minot, N.D. "Many producers think that ...
Tags: Agriculture, Chemicals
Prices for calves, feeder cattle and finished cattle have set some new records this fall and early winter. A combination of circumstances has precipitated these historic prices. There is currently a lot of cautious optimism on the part of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, cattle
Food preferences, cooking ability, involvement of children in food preparation, nutritional knowledge, and prior familiarity with MyPyramid were predictors of MyPlate awareness and use Most Americans know about MyPyramid - the triangle ...
U.S. soybean futures rose Friday, buoyed by strong export sales and concerns about dryness in Argentina, the world's third-largest producer of the oilseeds. Corn and wheat also rose. Net export sales of U.S. soybeans for delivery in the ...
Tags: Soybeans, Agriculture, Food
Does it really cost more to stick to a healthy diet? The answer is yes, but not as much as many people think, according to a new study. The research review combined the results of 27 studies from 10 different countries that compared the ...
Tags: healthy diet, cost of healthy diets, cost of unhealthy diets
Much has happened in 2013 for the ethanol-producing world: taking a look at new sources for ethanol, an inaccurate story instigating Twitter reaction, and markets looking to ethanol as both a worry and a possible helper to the corn ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food