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Live cattle futures are down $4.25 to $4.85 lower so far on Friday. Cash trade saw some Thursday sales in the north at $232-235. The Friday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $232 on 298 of the 974 head offered. Feeder cattle futures are back down $7.15...

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Cotton Slipping on Friday

Cotton futures are trading with 9 to 11 point losses at midday. Crude oil futures are up 68 cents per barrel at $59.87. The US dollar index up $0.108 at $98.230. The markets will be off on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. They will open back...

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Fund Short Covering Lifts Sugar Prices

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.37 (+2.54%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +9.90 (+2.37%). Sugar prices are moving higher today on fund short covering ahead of a three-day weekend in the US, with markets closed on Monday for the Martin...

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Senate Republicans detail farm aid package components

Key GOP senators released more details Friday on a farm aid package they’re pushing to be included in upcoming government funding legislation.

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Corn Ticking Higher on Friday Morning Trade

Corn price action is showing 1 to 2 cent gains so far on Friday morning. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 1 to 2 cents in the front months. Preliminary open interest was up another 14,050 contracts on Thursday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down...

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Cattle Traders Look to Round Out the Week as More NWS Cases Pop Up in Mexico

Live cattle futures posted gains of 90 cents to $1.60 on Thursday. Preliminary open interest was up 1,560 contracts. Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales or...

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Hogs Look to Friday Trade After Rallying this Week

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Thursday, with contracts $1.90 to $2.30 higher at the close. Open interesting was up 7,146 contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday afternoon due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 11 cents...

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Cattle Bulls Push Back Higher on Thursday

Live cattle futures posted gains of 90 cents to $1.60 on Thursday. Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales or bids on the 974 head offered. Feeder...

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Hogs Rally Pushes to Thursday’s Close

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Thursday, with contracts $1.90 to $2.30 higher at the close. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday afternoon due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 11 cents on Jan 13 at $80.39. USDA’s Export Sales...

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Corn Closes with Losses Despite Export Business

Corn futures closed the Thursday session with contracts down 1 to 2 cents in the front months. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 1 ½ cents at $3.82 1/2. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 500,302 MT of corn during the reporting period to unknown...

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Soybeans Hold Gains into the Close on Bean Oil Strength

Soybeans posted 8 to 10 cent gains across most contracts on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 10 3/4 cents higher at $9.82. Soymeal futures were down $2.20 to $5 at midday, as Soy Oil futures were rallying 122 to 199 points. USDA reported several private export...

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Sugar Prices Decline as India Ramps Up Sugar Production

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.11 (-0.75%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -2.70 (-0.64%). Sugar prices extended this week's sell-off on Thursday, with NY sugar falling to a 1-month low and London sugar dropping to a 2-month low. Strength...

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Hogs Rally Extending to Thursday

Lean hog futures are rallying another $1.60 to $2.05. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday morning due to light volume. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 11 cents on Jan 13 at $80.39. USDA’s Export Sales data showed pork bookings at 26,826 MT in the...

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Soybeans Rallying on Bean Oil Strength, as EPA Looks to Finalize 2026 Quotas

Soybeans are trading with Thursday gains of 11 to 13 ¼ cent gains. There were 68 deliveries issued against January soybeans as they expired on Wednesday, with the total for the period at 3,397. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 13 1/4 cents higher at $9.84 1/2. Soymeal...

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Cattle Taking Back Wednesday Losses on Thursday

Live cattle futures are posing 7 cent to $1.35 gains. Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales or bids on the 974 head offered. Feeder cattle futures...

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Corn Slipping Lower Despite Export Business

Corn futures are trading with fractional to penny losses across most contracts on Thursday. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up a penny at $3.83. USDA reported a couple private export sales of 500,302 MT of corn during the reporting period to unknown destinations, with 260,000 MT during...

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Sugar Prices Fall as Sugar Production in India Increases

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is down -0.07 (-0.48%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is down -1.40 (-0.33%). Sugar prices extended this week's sell-off today, with NY sugar falling to a 1-month low and London sugar dropping to a 2-month low. Strength in India's...

Budget and the Bees

Recall Alert: Popular Ground Beef Brand Pulled for E. Coli Risk

We trust that the food we buy at the grocery store is safe. We assume that if it is on the shelf, it has passed inspection. That trust was broken again this week. A massive recall has been issued for ground beef products that many of you likely have sitting…

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Hogs See New Buying on Wednesday

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Wednesday, with contracts up $1 to $1.45 at the close. New buying was noted, with open interest rising 9,542 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $80.29 on Wednesday afternoon, up $10.29 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog...

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Cattle Look to Thursday following Wednesday Weakness

Live cattle futures slipped back on Wednesday with contracts down $1 to $2.10 as the session closed. Open interest was up 2,246 contracts on Wednesday Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange...

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Cattle Fall Back to Close Wednesday

Live cattle futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts down $1 to $2.10. Cash trade has yet to get fully kicked off this week, as last week was $232-233 across the country. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales or bids on the 974 head offered....

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Hogs Rally into Wednesday’s Close

Lean hog futures were in rally mode on Wednesday, with contracts up $1 to $1.45 at the close. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $80.29 on Wednesday afternoon, up $10.29 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down a dime on Jan 12 at $80.50....

The Mary Sue

‘What the F—k Is Going On’: The USDA Just Posted Trump with a Milk Mustache and Everyone Wishes They’d Never Seen It

The milk mustache Trump looks strikingly like... someone

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Higher Brazil Sugar Output Knocks Sugar Prices Lower

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.21 (-1.41%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed down -6.40 (-1.50%). Sugar prices tumbled to 1-week lows on Wednesday. Higher sugar production in Brazil is bearish for prices after Unica reported Tuesday that Brazil's cumulative 2025-26...

The Conversation

Prioritising protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong – according to 2 nutrition experts

Last week, United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr released the government’s revamped dietary guidelines for 2025 to 2030.

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