According to the US Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), higher feed prices due to cereal decrease in 2012 are forecasted to slow livestock production. Continue reading →

US 2012 corn production was forecast at 10,778,589,000 bushels, down 13 percent from 12,358,412,000 bushels in 2011, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its Aug. 10 Crop Production report. Continue reading →

Modest  deterioration in the corn and soybean crops was reported in the latest Crop Progress data from the US Department of Agriculture for the week ended July 29. Spring wheat crop conditions improved slightly during the period, the USDA said. Continue reading →