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The National Weather Service revised its one-month temperature and precipitation outlooks at the start of October, including some significant changes on the precipitation front.
While shipment tallies improved notably as more export facilities reopened at the Gulf, the amount of beans inspected for export was still well under year-ago. USDA also made significant revisions to last week's data.
Soybean futures are under pressure after trading below the Ju ne low overnight. Wheat futures are mixed and corn futures are under pressure. Cattle futures are higher and lean hogs are facing some profit taking.
On the other hand, USDA’s quarterly wheat stocks estimate was 72 million bu. lighter than analysts anticipated. Find more highlights from USDA's latest Quarterly Grain Stocks Report and Small Grains Summary.
Warm, dry weather dominated the western half of the U.S. the week ending Sept. 28, while some welcome rain fell in some areas of the Midwest, the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast.
On average, analysts surveyed by Reuters expect USDA will report the Sept. 1 hog herd around 77.101 million head, down 1.7% from year-ago. The report will be released at 2:00 p.m. CT Friday.
Warm, dry weather favored crop maturation and harvesting across much of the country the week ending Sept. 21, with topsoil moisture sliding for newly planted winter wheat.
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But sales of soybeans, soymeal and cotton were strong the week ending Sept. 16, signaling optimism operations will get back to normal in time for the peak shipment period.
Reuters' report seems to line up with comments from Senator Grassley regarding the RFS on AgriTalk today. And Ag Secretary Vilsack's comments on the show seemed to pave the way for lower numbers.
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Drought spread across the Central and Southern Plains over the past week, as well as in southern and eastern areas of the Corn Belt, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor.
Warm weather is likely to continue across most of the Midwest and Plains during October, according to updated weather maps from the Climate Prediction Center. The precipitation outlook for next month is less certain.
Projected net farm income is expected to reach the highest level since 2013 this year, but net farm income is likely to fall $23 billion in 2022, according to FAPRI.
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Soybean inspections were also quite light, though that has been the trend in recent months. Wheat inspections were solid, thanks in large part to more of the grain shipping out of the Pacific Northwest.
American Farm Bureau Federation Managing Director for Public Policy Ryan Yates told Chip Flory on AgriTalk, "I don’t know how I can be more clear. This creates a new tax on hardworking farmers and ranchers."
The department’s higher soybean crop estimate was in line with expectations, but its cotton production estimate came in quite a bit higher than the market anticipated.
Brazilian government statistics agency now estimates Brazil’s total corn crop at 85.75 MMT, a 901,000-MT decline from its August production estimate and a 16.4% retreat from 2019-20.
