Grains

FMI: Climate change, transportation & trade relations will test food inflation in 2023

01-Jan-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

While economists predict inflation will ease slightly in the coming quarters, this year could easily become a “groundhog day version of 2022” if the weather takes a turn for the worse and triggers a domino effect that strains transportation, commodity...

Agri-commodity tracker: Wheat prices to remain elevated, China to reduce reliance on US and Ukraine for corn, rapeseed supply tightness to ease

22-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Wheat prices saw record highs in mid-May, before falling notably in recent months, bringing markets back to where they started the year, finds a CRM Agri review.

Subsidy success: Multi-billion cash handout to farmers helps China achieve bumper soy and grain outputs

20-Dec-2022 By Hui Ling Dang

China’s decision to provide additional subsidies to soybean and grain producers appears to have reaped rewards, with the state officials claiming the former increased by 27% and the latter hitting record levels.

Hike in grain exports from Russia, boosted Ukrainian shipments

13-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

The latest data reveals that grain exports out of Russia gathered some pace in November, with both corn and wheat exports jumping, relative to October, finds CRM Agri.

US senators call on FDA to give livestock farmers the tools to cut methane emissions, but what nutritional approaches are effective?

12-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Last week saw US senator, Tammy Baldwin, lead a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to the US FDA encouraging the agency to review the role that feed additives play in achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of halving economy-wide GHGs by 2030...

Australia eyeing record wheat crop

09-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Brazilian and Australian production estimates were both revised this week.

Agri-commodity market tracker: Lower prices, Ukrainian exports obstructed, weaker Chinese demand, rain in South America

29-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

Global grain markets were under pressure at the start of the week, likely due to ongoing concerns surrounding the global economic outlook, improved weather conditions in South America and some pressure on short term Brent crude oil futures contracts,...

Commission: Need for EU protein crop push ‘more relevant’ than ever

25-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

The EU only produces 24% of the oilseeds it needs to feed its livestock sector, according to the EU Commission’s latest EU feed protein balance sheet.

Progress made in build of new Landus and AMVC swine feed mill in Iowa

24-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

AMVC and Landus report that construction is underway on their new feed mill in Hamlin, Iowa.

Agri-commodity tracker: Markets continue to react to news from Ukraine

22-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

Global wheat futures saw overall pressure last week, following on from the renewal of the UN Black Sea export corridor.

WASDE: US corn production revised higher

10-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

This month’s WASDE saw corn production in the US forecast higher, to 353.84Mt, a slight hike on the 352.95Mt estimated in October, leading to a slightly eased ending stock projection.

Deal could be reached to keep Black Sea grain corridor

18-Oct-2022 By Jane Byrne

There is degree of optimism for an extension of the UN-backed grain corridor deal, which is allowing Ukrainian grain exports ramp up out of the Black Sea.

ASF, inflation and geopolitical issues could hinder growth in global pork market

29-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

A slight easing of feed costs and resilient consumer demand should result in better prospects for the global swine sector.

EU Commission extends contingency measures for feed imports

26-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The European Commission (EC) has decided to extend the period of relaxation on certain import controls on feed inputs, one element in a crisis package.

A trip through the archives: Mycotoxin management insights

25-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

We look back on some of the highlights of our mycotoxin news coverage of the past 12 months.

IGC report: Tighter grains market but record soy output forecast

22-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The latest report from the International Grains Council (IGC) indicates a tightening of global grain markets, mainly due to projected declines in corn and wheat.

EU lawmakers preserve role for crop-based biofuels but soy oil excluded

15-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

MEPs want to restrict soy oil as a feedstock for biofuel production.

WASDE: Confidence in US grain production but tighter global wheat supply expected

13-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The latest WASDE report was broadly bearish for grain, and markets have come under pressure, said CRM Agri in a review.

ForFarmers upbeat about earnings for first half of 2022

08-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

ForFarmers expects its underlying EBITDA in the first half of its 2022 financial year to be slightly higher than the relatively low level in the first half of 2021.

Little hope government measures will alleviate Kenya feed crisis

07-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The government of Kenya, in June, issued additional tariff exemptions for new ingredients to address rising feed costs.

EU renewable ethanol plants saw greater feed output than fuel in 2021

05-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

European renewable ethanol industry representatives, ePURE, say its members produced more animal feed than ethanol last year, citing audited data.

USDA report indicates fall in corn and soybean conditions

23-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

This week’s USDA crop progress report recorded a fall in condition scores following last week’s extreme heat.

Corn markets set to remain volatile

21-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

The fall in crude oil markets at the end of last week has pressured vegetable oil and oilseed markets. After last week’s heatwave across the US, this week’s USDA crop progress report will be closely watched, say CRM Agri.

Russia urged to unblock Ukraine’s ports to free up grain export

20-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, called on Russia today to unblock Ukraine’s ports to enable the export of grain.

Californian dairy cattle feed supplier Western Milling snapped up by Viserion International

14-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Viserion Milling, a newly formed subsidiary of Viserion International, is to acquire Western Milling, a diversified California-based agribusiness, from Kruse Western, Inc.

USDA anticipates higher corn output from Ukraine

13-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

The latest WASDE report sees a tightening of US soybean stocks and a reassessment of the outlook for Ukraine corn production.

Increased demand for Thai poultry exports set to boost feed wheat imports

10-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Thailand’s imports of feed wheat will increase by 14% from the previous year, up to 1.6 million MT, according to a USDA FAS outlook.

Dairy farmers should be cautious about making cost-cutting changes to feed rations, warns Rabobank

10-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Milk production is expected to have a modest recovery in the coming quarters, according to Rabobank.

IFTC 2022: Coarser diets may boost broiler chicken performance

09-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

A Norwegian expert see benefits in redefining the grinding and pelleting process for optimized micro- and macrostructure of broiler diets.

Analysts see high corn prices continuing into 2023

24-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

Corn prices are expected to trade at historically elevated levels for the remainder of 2022 and into 2023, say UK analysts.

Spotlight back on Indian wheat production

17-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

India has yet again dominated headlines in recent weeks as heat damage reduces estimates for its wheat output.

Commodities watch

WASDE: US corn market looking tighter, lots of uncertainty around Black Sea supply

13-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

The USDA released its May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report yesterday, which includes the first official look toward next season.

Australian team sees no response from broiler chickens to dietary leucine enrichment

12-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

Elevated dietary branched chain amino acids (BCAA) inclusions in wheat-based diets with reduced crude protein levels did not enhance broiler growth, finds a study.

COFCO secures key Brazil port terminal to grow export capacity to 14 million tons

31-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

COFCO International has won a 25-year lease on a new agriculture solid bulk terminal in the Port of Santos in Brazil.

Good Brazilian crop likely to reduce corn market tension

29-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

The agri-commodities market’s attention continues to be fully on Ukraine, where harvest prospects and the ability to export remain unknown, say analysts.

UK feed sector welcomes removal of US corn import tariffs

23-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

Feed industry representative group, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), has hailed the UK government’s announcement that from June 1, 2022, it will remove the 25% import tariff on corn imported to the UK from the US.

Market alert to Brazilian corn prospects, origin now critical for EU, UK and global feed grain supply

23-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

In what has been a mixed day for markets, weather forecasts for large parts of US winter wheat are now once again showing little beneficial rainfall over the next week and uncertainty remains around crop conditions, say UK-based agri-commodity specialists.

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