01.24.2025
Renderer BFT trades higher to close out the week
Renderer grade bleachable fancy tallow (BFT) traded up to 50 cents per lb Chicago on Friday January 24 in a five-car trade.
Prices into the Gulf were higher as well,...
Crop Progress – 8.94 Billion Bushels of Corn & 3.23 Billion Bushels of Soybeans Harvested
Corn:
- 97 percent mature
- 60 percent harvested
- 61 percent good to excellent; 14 percent poor to very poor
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…