Tonight’s candy corn harvest is expected to progress smoothly, under a concerted effort to get the crop out of the bowl and into the bag, so to speak. Harvesters should continue their usual practice of protecting their bodies from the corn’s suspected toxicity, disguising [...]
From April through mid-October, Brazilian center-south cane crush reached 384 million metric tons (MMT), down 3.5 percent YOY. Despite this, production of cane ethanol has grown 22.7 percent YOY. This increase is the direct result of an elevated ethanol share: 64 percent of cane [...]
The 2018/19 marketing year started on a good note for apple juice imports. The U.S. took in 48.9 million single-strength-equivalent (SSE) gallons, up 74 percent from July and up 7 percent from August 2017. Apple juice imports had declined for most of 2017/18 in [...]
USDA is currently projecting record soybean ending stocks of 885 million bushels. However, this number could be underestimated without China’s demand. The current projection depends on 2018/19 exports decreasing just 69 million bushels or 1.88 million metric tons (MMT) from the previous season. However, [...]
CNDSCA reported 2017/18 production at 6.010 MMT, up 1 percent YOY, and demand (including exports) at 5.750 MMT, down 5 percent YOY. Thanks to imports of 132,343 MT, up 173 percent YOY, carryout was reported at 1.395 MMT, up a very strong 39 percent [...]
Palm oil production during September increased 14.4 percent compared to the month prior to 1.85 million metric tons (MMT). This was the highest production in ten months and the largest for September since 2015. Palm oil output is expected to remain high for the [...]
Net corn export sales for the week of Oct. 11 were just 382,55 MT, down from over 1.0 MMT the week before; even accounting for 344,500 MT of reductions, sales pace was notably slower than the previous four weeks. Purchases from top importer Mexico [...]
After backing California into setting a ban on local sugar taxes by threatening to bring forward an initiative to ban most local taxes, opponents of soda and beverage taxes are using ballot initiatives in a slightly different tactic in Washington state. According to reports, [...]
