Miscellaneous Commodity Market News for October 2012

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 1/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 2/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Linn Group Morning Soybean Comment

CHICAGO - Oct 3/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning soybean futures comment from the futures commission brokerage firm Linn Group. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Global Food Prices Rise 1.4%

ROME - Oct 4/12 - SNS -- Global food prices rose 1.4% in September, with the FAO Food Price Index climbing to 216 points in September from 213 points in August. The rise reflected strengthening dairy and meat prices and more contained increases for cereals. Prices of sugar and oils, on the other hand, fell. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 4/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 5/12 - 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 - Oct 5/12 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 35.2 cents per pound for the week ending September 29, up 0.1 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending September 29 totaled 278 million pounds, up 108 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 35.2 cents per pound for the week ending September 29, up 0.1 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanu . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 8/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 10/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Cotton Ginnings Below Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to October 1, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Sugarcane Crop Improves

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed in the United States this year is forecast at 31.3 million tons, up 1% from the September 1 forecast and up 6% from 2011, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Lifts 2012 Peanut Forecast

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 6.11 billion pounds, up 3% from the September forecast and up 67% from last year's revised production of 3.66 billion pounds, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Sugarbeet Harvest Jumps 23%

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- U.S. sugarbeet production for the 2012 crop year is forecast at 35.6 million tons, up 23% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Smallest Alfalfa Crop Since 1953

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures production is forecast at 55.6 million tons, up 1% from August but down 15% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Cotton Forecast Improves

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Production of all classes of cotton in the U.S. is forecast at 17.3 million 480-pound bales, up 1% from last month and up 11% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

All Hay Production Crashes

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Production of hay other than alfalfa is forecast at 66.4 million tons, up 1% from both the August forecast and last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Bigger 2012 Orange Crop Seen

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- The United States all orange forecast for the 2012-2013 season is 9.37 million tons, up 4% from the 2011-2012 final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pecan Harvest Rising 14% Over 2011

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Pecan production is forecast at 309 million pounds (utilized, in-shell basis), up 14% from 2011, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

U.S. Citrus Production Rising

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- Citrus fruit production in the United States will be up from last year as output of most classes of fruit is expected to rise, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 11/12 - 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 - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings Summary

WASHINGTON - Oct 11/12 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending October 3 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 12/12 - 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 - Oct 12/12 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 34.8 cents per pound for the week ending October 6, down 0.4 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 6 totaled 133 million pounds, down 145 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 34.6 cents per pound for the week ending October 6, down 0.6 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 119 mil . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 15/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Use Not Output Now More Important to Price

CHICAGO - Oct 15/12 - SNS -- Following is a commodity market comment from the University of Illinois's Darrell Good. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 16/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 18/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 19/12 - 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 - Oct 19/12 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 33.2 cents per pound for the week ending October 13, down 1.6 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 13 totaled 201 million pounds, up 67.0 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 32.9 cents per pound for the week ending October 13, down 1.7 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 186 . . . Continue or visitors click here

Processed Farm-Raised Catfish Ending Inventory by Month - United States

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U.S. Catfish Feed Deliveries -- River

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Catfish Imports by Month - United States

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Processed Farm-Raised Catfish Sales Volume and Average Price by Month - United States

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Farm-Raised Catfish Processed and Prices Paid to Producers by Month - - 2011-2012

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Catfish Exports by Month - United States

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U.S. Catfish Feed Deliveries -- Mississippi River

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U.S. Catfish Feed Deliveries -- River

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China's Consumers Increasingly Health Conscious

WASHINGTON - Oct 22/12 - SNS -- China's consumers are keenly interested in foods that promote health and wellness, which is helping drive demand for edibles buts and similar products. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 23/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 24/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Cotton Ginnings Fall Behind Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to October 15, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 25/12 - 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 - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- The weekly diesel price provides a proxy for trends in U.S. truck rates, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Weekly U.S. Rail Loadings Summary

WASHINGTON - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending October a7 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Cotton Ginnings Beneath Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 25/12 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to October 15, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 26/12 - 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 - Oct 26/12 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 34.4 cents per pound for the week ending October 20, up 1.1 cents from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 20 totaled 248 million pounds, up 45.9 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 33.5 cents per pound for the week ending October 20, up 0.6 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 199 mill . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 29/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 30/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Rail Traffic Unchanged in August

OTTAWA - Oct 31/12 - SNS -- Canadian railways carried 28.0 million metric tons (MT) of freight in August, virtually unchanged from August 2011, despite an increase in rail traffic from the United States, reports Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 31/12 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue or visitors click here