Runner Market Commentary
Table 1.
Soybean Crush Margins Plunge to 9-Month Low
CME grain prices were mixed on Friday. May wheat declined $0.185, closing at $5.57/bu, and May soybeans increased by...
Strong Demand For Low-Quality Cured Hides and Wet Blue
Market Update
The week ended with several sellers reporting a strong week of sales...
U.S. Soybean Crush Slides 4 Percent on Month in January
U.S. soybean crushing volumes totaled 195 million bushels in January, the USDA reported on March 1 in its latest Monthly...
Rising Incomes and Spending Bolster Organic Demand
The U.S. economic recovery continues largely unabated. The latest figures from the...
Cannabis Policymaking Fraught with Difficulty
The trend of cannabis legalization is not a straight shot but rather...
Biomass-Based Diesel Feedstock Demand Hits All-Time High in December
EIA Biofuels Capacity and Feedstock Update
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update showed...
Animal Fats
Distiller’s corn oil (DCO) prices continued to trend lower today. Trading on an FOB basis was done out of...
Cattle Net Margin Remains in Negative
The market was mostly quiet on Thursday for animal proteins, keeping most prices rangebound for the day. Porcine bloodmeal FOB...
12.20.2024
45z guidance fails to appear; government scrambles to pass spending bill
The US government spending bill failed twice in as many days. If a deal is not reached by midnight on Friday December 20, some federal services will...
12.20.2024
US animal fats and oils end week softer across the board ahead of holiday slowdown
Prices for US animal fats and oils ended the week on a lower note on Friday December 20, with most markets trending downward ahead of the upcoming holiday week,...
12.20.2024
December cattle on feed down on month, year
Most US animal protein prices were rangebound for the week, though in wider ranges due to the impending Christmas and New Year's holiday closures.
The only significant price...