Each Memorial Day holiday marks the beginning of the U.S. summer growing season for spring-planted crops, and there are several observations related to certain trends that are worth noting at this time.Each Memorial Day holiday is considered the unofficial start of summer, a season that does not actually commence for another three weeks. It also marks the beginning of the U.S. summer growing season for spring-planted crops. USDA will celebrate this by releasing its first weekly crop conditions on the 2017 corn crop despite simultaneously reporting that around 10 percent of the crop remained to be planted as of 28 May. In addition, it will provide its first weekly crop condition report for spring wheat later this afternoon.USDA will also rep...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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