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Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has been looking into various ways to reduce methane emissions, including culling 200,000 cows over the next three years.
Corn, wheat lower w/35 mb increase in new crop corn carryover, 6 mb in wheat, but the focus is on a wetter forecast. Soybean carryout up 15 mb but export biz, higher BO support. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing.
Corn and wheat mostly lower, on weather, report positioning. Soybeans up with an export sale & higher bean oil. Cattle and hogs try to stabilize after a two days of profit taking. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing.
On Thursday, forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory, meaning El Niño conditions are now present and expected to gradually strengthen into the winter.
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AgDay TV Markets Now: Dave Chatterton with Strategic Farm Marketing says grains end higher Thursday on forecast and expanding drought on the Drought Monitor, and while cattle end lower the rally isn’t done.
The U.S. exported $14.38 billion in ag goods during April against imports of $16.28 billion.
With much of the Upper Midwest processing capacity maxed out in terms of milk production, finding a new home for milk is not an easy task. This is causing dairy farms to dump milk due to the oversupply.
Grains end higher on weather forecast, Drought Monitor, WASDE positioning. Cattle markets lower but did we confirm a top? Hogs consolidate after the recent recovery. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing.
Last week, 34% of the U.S. corn crop was covered in drought, and this week it jumped to 45%. The second crop conditions ratings of the season from USDA-NASS confirmed dryness is starting to deteriorate crop conditions.