After being stable until the third week of December 2016, sugar prices are moving up faster than expected in this current sugar season as there is higher demand from institutions. However, there are also a few other factors that are having an impact. Higher Per Capita Income and Lower GDP Growth Expected The Central Statistics Office’s (CSO’s) first official estimate of per capita income for 2016/17 indicates there will be a 10.32 percent increase to $1,503 versus $1362 in 2015/16. However, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection has been revised by many agencies and is now expected to be in the range of 6.7–7.1 percent, a drop from 7.6 percent in 2015/16. This reflects the current downtrend in consumption and does not take...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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