Agriculture News
State-level winter wheat condition ratings signaled more general improvement in the HRW crop over the past month, despite a minor downtick in top producer Kansas.
USDA says a small number of dairy herds in Texas and Kansas tested positive for a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Frozen pork stocks declined contra-seasonally during February, while beef inventories fell more than average.
Corn inspections during the week ended March 21 totaled 1.228 MMT, down nearly 100,000 MT on the week but more than double the same week a year-ago. Meanwhile, soybean inspections rose 68,000 MT on the week.
Grain futures are mildly firmer to open the week. Cattle futures are under pressure from last Friday’s Cattle on Feed Report.
Corn and soybean futures swung to both sides of unchanged during the overnight session, while wheat favored the upside.
Annual report from Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
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Soybean futures posted sharp losses overnight, while corn and wheat traded mildly lower.