USDA's Outlook Forum got underway this morning where its planted acreage and farmgate price projections were released. Unlike the initial and final estimates, these are based on factors other than producer surveys.USDA’s annual Outlook Forum, a two-day affair, got underway this morning in Arlington, Virginia. This year’s theme is Transforming Agriculture, an all-encompassing topic if there ever was one. Grain and oilseed markets are often quite sensitive to some of the conference presentations, especially those concerning USDA projections of what the planted area will be for the major U.S. crops to be seeded during the coming spring. Typically, USDA releases its planted acreage and average farmgate price forecasts for the next crop year (20...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
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