Light Trade Keeps Values Steady for Thursday

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Light Trade Keeps Values Steady for Thursday

Limited trade was reported for Thursday, with most values inside the previously set ranges. The chicken meal, Mid-South price remains unquoted today, due to a lack of fresh reports in the market.

January Livestock and Poultry Slaughter

According to the most recent Livestock Slaughter report from the USDA, commercial cattle slaughter totaled 2.730 million head for January, lower ...

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International Animal Fats and Oils 22.02.24

International Animal Fats and Oils 22.02.24

Used cooking oil (UCO) price levels did not have much change during the week, with some trading activity reported...

Modest Increase in Ethanol Production as Supply Tightens

Modest Increase in Ethanol Production as Supply Tightens

Most CME grain prices showed a downward trend on Thursday. March wheat was...

Cattle Slaughter Drop below Weekly, Yearly Levels

Cattle Slaughter Drop below Weekly, Yearly Levels

Market Update 

The U.S. hide market was quiet again today with nothing new reported...

Bluetongue Disease Limits Shipments from China

Bluetongue Disease Limits Shipments from China

Argentina

February 22

Slaughter returned to normal this week.
Good quality Buenos Aires wet salted heavy steers...

Vegetable Oil Futures Continue to Backslide

Vegetable Oil Futures Continue to Backslide

Trading at cash vegetable oil markets has slowed to a crawl. Indications have been under pressure amid a drop...

International Animal Proteins 22.02.2024

International Animal Proteins 22.02.2024

Most values on the international front were rangebound due to continued holidays limiting trade. There have been several markets...

Organic Food Sales Slump in 2021

Organic Food Sales Slump in 2021

Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, with USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), told...

SC Charges Shop Owners with Felony Conspiracy and Trafficking

SC Charges Shop Owners with Felony Conspiracy and Trafficking

South Carolina has aggressively policed local smoke shops since hemp was legalized...

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04.15.2024

Soybean oil stocks climb as soybean crush reaches record high

Soybean oil stocks climb as soybean crush reaches record high

The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) reported the March soybean crush at an all-time high of 196.406 million bushels. This was largest crush on record, outpacing by 0.55%,...

04.15.2024

Soybean oil market adds negative pressure to DCO market

Soybean oil market adds negative pressure to DCO market

Distiller’s corn oil (DCO) traded in a range of 45.5 - 46 cents lb delivered US Gulf today on what was otherwise a quiet trading day. 

The lower...

04.15.2024

Hog slaughter forecast lower into May

Hog slaughter forecast lower into May

Market sources reported no trades outside the previously set ranges for animal proteins in the US for Monday April 15.

For the week ending April 20, 2024, hog...

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