NOPA's December Soybean Crush Volume a Bit Higher than Expected Today's crush report by the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) indicated NOPA members crushed 145.42 million bushels of soybeans in December. That was 3.3 percent higher than the average estimate of market analysts done last week by Dow Jones. The December crush was 4.14 million bushels greater than crush volume in November, but on a daily basis was almost the same. The December 2011 crush also was almost identical to the 145.537 million bushels crushed in December 2010.The crush report showed that the average oil yield in December 2011 was 11.36 pounds/bushel (18.93 percent) versus 11.53 pounds/bushel (19.22 percent) in December 2010. The...
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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