Corn:
The corn crop is 97 percent mature three points over the historical average and 12 points over last season’s pace. Favorable conditions and a matured crop allowed producers to accelerate the harvest over the past week. The harvest is 60 percent complete, up 19 points from last week and 17 points over the historical norm. There have been 8.94 billion bushels of corn harvested with 5.96 billion bushels remaining. Several large corn producing states like Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota are well ahead of their traditional harvest pace average, while states that were behind…
12.24.2024
Animal fats, oils markets quiet amid Christmas holiday
The US animal fats and oils markets remained steady on Tuesday December 24, amid limited trading due to the Christmas holidays.
Market sources expected activity to remain subdued...
12.24.2024
US November broiler, turkey slaughter down year on year
US animal protein prices were steady on Tuesday December 24, with limited volumes reported to have been traded. With the proximity of the end-of-year holidays, most market participants are...
12.24.2024
US weekly soybean, wheat export inspections rise, corn falls
Weekly export inspections
Export inspections of US grains showed a decline for corn but an increase for soybean and wheat in the week to December 19, according to data...