U.S. soybean processors crushed an estimated 150 million bushels during October, a record for the month. However, the limited availability of railroad equipment interfered with the timely delivery of supplies to users.The 2014 U.S. soybean harvest is essentially over. Yesterday USDA reported that 94 percent of the crop had been harvested as of 16 November with the northern tier of states accounting for most of what remained. At an estimated 3.96 billion bushels, this year's production is amazingly 18 percent larger than the previous record. Despite its historical size and the competition for storage capacity from the record-large corn crop being harvested at the same time, the soybean growers have managed to put their huge crop under cover...
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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