Miscellaneous Commodity Market News for August 2013

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Aug 1/13 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Diesel Fuel Cost Survey

WASHINGTON - Aug 1/13 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Aug 2/13 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Aug 2/13 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 24.7 cents per pound for the week ending July 27, up 0.2 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending July 27 totaled 95.2 million pounds, down 12.1 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 24.8 cents per pound for the week ending July 27, up 1.3 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 82.6 million po . . . Continue or visitors click here

World Food Prices Ease For Third Month

ROME - Aug 8/13 - SNS -- The price of basic food commodities declined for the third month in a row, according to the FAO. The global food price index averaged 205.9 points in July, 4 points below its revised value for June and 7 points lower than last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Special Upland Cotton Import Quota

WASHINGTON - Aug 8/13 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation established a special import quota for upland cotton that permits imports equal to one week's domestic mill use. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Aug 9/13 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 24.2 cents per pound for the week ending August 3, down 0.5 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 3 totaled 396 million pounds, up 301 million pounds from the previous week. Peanut Prices and Marketings by Type - United States: July 6, 2013-August 3, 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . Continue or visitors click here

Cotton Ginnings Fall Behind Last Year

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to August 1, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Peanit Production Plunges

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS -- Peanuts production is forecast at 3.85 billion pounds, down 43% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Cotton Production Down 25%

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS -Production of all classes of cotton in the United States is forecast at 13.1 million 480-pound bales, down 25% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Sugar Cane Crop Declines

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS - Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed in 2013 is forecast at 30.4 million tons, down 6% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Improved U.S. Alfalfa Crop

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS - Production of the 2013 alfalfa and alfalfa mixture dry hay crop is forecast at 59.9 million tons, up 15% from 2012, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Best Hay Crop Since 2004 Expected

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS - Production of hay other than alfalfa is forecast at 80.0 million tons, up 18% from 2012, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Smaller U.S. Sugarbeet Crop

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS - Production of sugarbeets for the 2013 crop year is forecast at 30.0 million tons, down 15% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Aug 16/13 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 25.7 cents per pound for the week ending August 10, up 1.5 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 10 totaled 30.0 million pounds, down 366 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 27.0 cents per pound for the week ending August 10. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 18.3 million pounds. Peanut Prices and Market . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Aug 23/13 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 26.0 cents per pound for the week ending August 17, up 0.3 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 17 totaled 98.0 million pounds, up 68.0 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 25.9 cents per pound for the week ending August 17, down 1.1 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 77.7 mil . . . Continue or visitors click here

Hog Outlook Losing Lustre

CHICAGO - Aug 26/13 - SNS -- Following is a commodity market comment from the University of Illinois's Chris Hurt. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Peanuts Used in Food Products - 2013

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U.S. Peanuts Used in Government Programs - 2013

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U.S. Milled Peanut Stocks on Farms - 2013

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U.S. Shelled Peanuts and Roasting Stock - 2013

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U.S. Peanuts Used in Government Programs - 2013

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U.S. Peanuts Used in Food Products - 2013

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U.S. Peanuts Used in Food Products - 2013

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U.S. Milled Peanut Usage - 2013

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U.S. Shelled and Roasting Peanuts Output - 2013

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U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Aug 30/13 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 26.0 cents per pound for the week ending August 24, down 1.3 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending August 24 totaled 176 million pounds, up 68.7 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 25.8 cents per pound for the week ending August 24, down 1.6 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 171 mi . . . Continue or visitors click here