Corn basis: Basis bids around Decatur, IL were considerably higher during the April reconciliation period, compared to March 2023 and April 2022. Corn gluten meal and feed: Corn gluten meal and feed prices continue to decline, both seasonally and year over year. April CG [...]
Corn basis: The average of Central Illinois basis bids for the August net corn cost reconciliation period was around +63, compared to +105 on average in August 2021. Bids as of mid-August had retreated from the very high values seen in early July, but bids [...]
Broiler chick hatches totaled 821.4 million in June, repeating May’s 2 percent year-over-year growth rate. There were 688.9 million broiler-type eggs in incubators as of July 1, up 2.5 percent from a year ago and pointing to July’s hatch being about 1 percent higher [...]
U.S. cattle on feed totaled 11.3 million head as of July 1, reflecting the month-over-month decline expected for this time of year but up 4 percent year over year. The U.S. herd was counted at 41.9 million head as of the beginning of the [...]
