USDA will release its May supply and demand revisions (WASDE) this Thursday at 7:30 a.m. CDT. This report has been the subject of much market chatter for several weeks because it will represent some major changes in old crop/new crop ending supply numbers for corn and soybeans. It will be the first "official" look at 2012/13 numbers for corn, soybeans and wheat. USDA/NASS will also release their first "official" U.S. 2012 winter wheat production estimate. Here are some of the key discussion points leading up to this week's reports: Corn
Will the old crop export forecast be increased and old crop ending supplies lowered? Export sales, especially to China, have been very strong recently. Will USDA raise the expected corn yield to an al...
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Key Takeaways: A student group from the University of Chicago is protesting to bring back onion futures trading. Trading in onion futures was banned in 1958 following a spectacular bout of market manipulation that resulted in a corner of the physical market. The ban on onion futures led t...
Beef packer margins deteriorated to $141/head last week, down $55 from the prior week as fed cattle prices strengthened while the Choice cutout remained nearly unchanged. The cutout held near $373/cwt while fed cattle prices climbed $4/cwt to $224/cwt, narrowing processor profits. Despite the d...
