Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4775/bushel, up $0.025 from yesterday's close. Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.385/bushel, down $0.02 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soybeans closed at $11.3775/bushel, up $0.0625 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soymeal closed at $318.7/short ton, down $1.7 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Soyoil closed at 52.05 cents/lb up 1.02 cents from yesterday's close. Feb 26 Live Cattle closed at $217.85/cwt up $4.925 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $323.975/cwt up $8.85 from yesterday's close. Feb 26 Lean Hogs closed at $81/cwt down $0.375 from yesterday's close. Jan 26 WTI Crude Oil closed at $58.48/barrel down $0.17 from yesterday's close. ...
What You Need to Know Today: Grain futures fell hard overnight after the USDA’s Crop Conditions report showed better-than-expected ratings for corn and soybeans, despite difficult weather last week. The Conditions report was even more bearish in light of meaningfully beneficial rains acr...
Key Takeaways: New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program expands demand for low-carbon fuels and creates another market for renewable feedstocks, adding incremental pressure to already limited supplies of lower-carbon inputs. Growing competition for waste-based feedstocks such as an...
As WPI reported on 17 July, the recently passed budget reconciliation bill in the House Budget Committee includes $12 billion in emergency farm assistance. This would be the seventh of the past nine years with ad hoc farm payments (FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, FY2023, FY2024, and potentially...
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