Hog Slaughter Forecast 4 Percent Over 2019 Levels

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Hog Slaughter Forecast 4 Percent Over 2019 Levels

Twelve cars of packer BFT traded up sharply today. Tight nearby availability tied to production issues and higher ffa levels limiting supply of max 4 BFT is meeting some short positions, driving prices sharply higher over the last couple of weeks. Renderer BFT was bid higher...

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Margin Expands as Soybean Prices Continue Lower

Margin Expands as Soybean Prices Continue Lower

The estimated crush margin improved nine percent as the cost of soybeans declined and the price of soybean oil...

Webinar Recording: The Impact of the Coronavirus on the World Veg Oil Market

Webinar Recording: The Impact of the Coronavirus on the World Veg Oil Market

Senior Analyst for Seed Oils, Tore Alden, breaks down the impact of the coronavirus on the World vegetable oil...

Hemp Standards and Grading

Hemp Standards and Grading

Product standards and specifications for hemp have yet to be sufficiently developed, and this continues to be an...

Oil Producers Take Notice of Renewable Diesel Margins

Oil Producers Take Notice of Renewable Diesel Margins

CVR Energy reported in May that they had started the process of evaluating the transition of at least one...

Late Session Rally Lifts Soybean Oil Futures

Late Session Rally Lifts Soybean Oil Futures

Vegetable oil markets were mixed on Wednesday as profit-taking weighed on palm oil futures and fund spreading drove a...

Selling in Soybean Complex Drives Soybean Oil Prices Lower

Selling in Soybean Complex Drives Soybean Oil Prices Lower

Vegetable oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as continued strength in world vegetable oil cash prices helped...

Maturing Hemp Markets

Maturing Hemp Markets

Prior to the 2018 Farm Bill, the hemp industry was entirely fragmented between a handful of states, and...

Organic Soybean Meal Prices Remain Stable Ahead of Indian Harvest

Organic Soybean Meal Prices Remain Stable Ahead of Indian Harvest

Organic soybean prices remain steady with not much activity to report. Organic soybean meal prices FOB India are hovering...

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02.05.2025

Fats exports rise in 2024; DCO, ethanol production reach 2-month high

Fats exports rise in 2024; DCO, ethanol production reach 2-month high

The US animal fats and oils markets were stable to higher on Wednesday February 5 as ongoing strength in the Chicago markets continued to ripple into nearby regions, lifting...

02.05.2025

Mixed inventory levels, overall unease impact meat and bonemeal trade

Mixed inventory levels, overall unease impact meat and bonemeal trade

Unease and mixed tones were reported from market sources on Wednesday February 5 for US animal proteins, specifically meat and bonemeal (MBM).

A variety of factors — lessened...

02.05.2025

US weekly ethanol production hits 2-month high; stocks rebound

US weekly ethanol production hits 2-month high; stocks rebound

US weekly average ethanol production rose to a two-month high of 1.112 million barrels per day in the week to January 31, according to the US Energy Information Administration...

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