Regional Update The European weather has been more favorable for spring fieldwork and crop development this past week, with most of the continent receiving below-average rainfall last week. The coming week will be drier-than-normal for most of the continent as well, though rainfall in Spain will exceed typical volumes. The drier trend is welcome after spring fieldwork has been delayed due to excessively wet weather last fall and early this spring.
Spring crop planting in Russia continues to run two weeks ahead of normal, boosted by dry, warm weather. That weather trend, however, is starting to cause some concerns for parts of Russia and Ukraine that a drought may develop in early 2020. Early Monday, Kazakhstan announced i...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
