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Imagined Demand; Farm Bill Trouble; Wrong in Iowa

The ink is barely dry on the 2014 Farm Bill and its implementation is incomplete. However, lobbyists in Washington are already advising that it is time to begin discussing its successor for 2018, and the troubles ahead are multiple. Real and Imagined Food Demands Reacting to demands from French agricultural unions (FNSEA), Agriculture Minister Stéphane le Foll says that he will initiate mandatory country-of-origin labeling for processed foods. FNSEA claims this will respond to consumer demand. Meanwhile, Norwegian food manufacturers are said to be recalibrating their marketing approach after a survey by Nofima, a research institute, found that consumers prized product characteristics such as taste and suitability more than whether a...

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Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.755/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.5775/bushel, up $0.28 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.8925/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $327.4/short ton, down $0.4...

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Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...

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WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 27 April)

Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.755/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.5775/bushel, up $0.28 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.8925/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $327.4/short ton, down $0.4...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Livestock Industry Margins

Beef packer margins improved to -$100/head last week, up $28 from the prior week as the Choice cutout stabilized following its brief post-Easter decline while fed cattle prices eased modestly. The cutout firmed to $384/cwt, while fed cattle prices slipped to $246/cwt, allowing packer margins to...

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