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USDA Releases Weekly Crop Report

Corn harvested at 22%; soybeans harvested at 26%

November 30, 2020

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The USDA has released its weekly crop report for October 15.

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BioZyme adds three to supplement and additive sales teams

World Bank reports grain prices up 14% in 2026

Wheat leads the outlook with a 28% jump as Black Sea attacks, El Niño and costly fuel and fertilizer squeeze grain markets into 2027.

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Thermal Performance and Gearbox Selection for Grain Handling Applications

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Drought deepens across Mid-South as Plains and West get relief

Extreme to exceptional drought now covers much of Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and central Missouri, while heavy rain eased conditions from Colorado to New Mexico.

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Grain Trade & Export

USDA reports marketing-year high for weekly wheat sales

China booked more than 1.6 million metric tons of US soybeans as weekly soybean shipments topped 2.38 million metric tons.

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Grain Trade & Export

Philippines raises corn import quota to 500,000 metric tons

An executive order more than doubles low-tariff corn imports to cover a projected 1.42 million-metric-ton shortfall and ease feed costs for hog and poultry producers.

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USDA reports record-low September feedlot placements

Feedlots placed 12% fewer cattle in September than a year earlier, the smallest September total since USDA's monthly series began in 1996.

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Low Mississippi River puts Southern grain basis at risk

Arkansas research shows more than half of a barge rate increase can reach Southern farmers as weaker basis, as ACBL cuts tow sizes 13%.

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ECB economists see euro-area food inflation rebounding in 2027

Energy-driven fertilizer costs and the 2026 summer drought are expected to lift cereal prices first, then meat and dairy through animal feed.

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USDA expects food price growth to slow in 2027

Beef, sugar and farm-level wheat prices are running well above average while eggs and milk fall, according to the Economic Research Service's October outlook.

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University of Melbourne seeks commercial release of GM feed wheat

Australia's gene technology regulator plans to open public comment in early December on wheat modified for higher iron and zinc, intended mainly for animal feed.

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USDA adds five-state cash cattle report to restore price data

The new regional report pools Southern Plains and Colorado trades that confidentiality rules had kept out of public price reporting.

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China buys 2.18 million metric tons of US soybeans in one week

Chinese buyers accounted for more than three-quarters of weekly U.S. soybean sales, while corn sales climbed and wheat sales slipped.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

CHS puts grain elevators up for auction

The farmer-owned cooperative is selling facilities in southern Minnesota as the industry shifts toward larger processing centers.

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