Warm weather and rains in some regions of Ukraine during the first week of November produced favorable effects on winter crop development in a number of regions, but the eastern part of Ukraine still experienced a deficiency in soil moisture. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update As of November 9, 2015, Russian farmers harvested 107.1 MMT of grain in bulk weight from 43.8 million hectares (98.7 percent of the target). That is 1.8 MMT less grain harvested from 200,000 more hectares than as of the same date in 2014. Specifically, farmers harvested winter and spring wheat on 25.5 million hectares (99.8 percent of the target) and produced 63.9 MMT of all wheat. Barley was harvested from 8.2 million hectares (99.9 percent), yielding 18.3 MMT p...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
Let’s return briefly to the fake meat hype cycle, now sitting somewhere in a dusty corner of your mind, not entirely forgotten. What happened to all those products, known as plant-based alternative proteins? They were supposed to be as good as real meat—cheaper, more environmentally...
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