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USDA Market News

The USDA Market News Service reports feed ingredient prices for the week ending
March 06, were mixed.

  • Soybean Meal was 10.00 to 21.40 higher.
  • Cottonseed Meal was steady to 15.00 higher.
  • Whole Cottonseed was 3.00 lower to 10.00 higher.
  • Canola Meal was 5.00 to 10.60 higher.
  • Linseed Meal was steady to 10.00 higher.
  • Sunflower Meal was steady to 5.00 higher.
  • Crude Soybean Oil was 114 to 175 points lower.
  • Crude Corn Oil was 100 points higher.
  • Meat and Bone Meal was steady to 20.00 higher.
  • Blood Meal was steady in California.
  • Feather Meal was steady to 30.00 lower.
  • Fish Meal was steady. Corn Hominy was steady to 5.00 lower.
  • Corn Gluten Feed was steady to 10.00 higher.
  • Corn Gluten Meal was steady to 45.00 higher.
  • Distillers Dried Grains were 8.00 lower to 7.00 higher.
  • Wheat Middlings were 7.00 lower to 32.00 higher, mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

**All prices quoted per ton unless otherwise noted**

By |2012-03-08T23:14:04-06:00March 7th, 2012|Commodities, USDA Market News|0 Comments

Weighing in on What 2012 US Corn Yield Trend Should Be

Joel Karlin
DTN Contributing Analyst

We read an interesting article this week from University of Illinois professors Good and Irwin entitled “The Historic Pattern of U.S. Corn Yields, Any Implications for 2012?”

With U.S. corn yields seeing back to back years below trend, market sentiment suggests reduced chances for such an occurrence this year, so they looked at past yield data to see if that is a correct assumption.

U.S. corn yields have trended higher over time and a regression indicates that since 1960 yields have on average increased about 1.87 bushels per year. […]

By |2012-02-20T11:27:32-06:00February 16th, 2012|Articles|0 Comments
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