Miscellaneous Commodity Market News for October 2014

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 6/14 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue

Ethanol Will Be Market Factor in 2014-15

CHICAGO - Oct 7/14 - SNS -- Following is a commodity market comment from the University of Illinois's Darrell Good. . . . Continue

SunPrairie Grain Morning Comment

MINOT - Oct 9/14 - SNS -- Following is the morning comment from SunPrairie Grain, a division of CHS. . . . Continue

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 20.7 cents per pound for the week ending October 4, up 0.2 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 4 totaled 30.0 million pounds, up 10.7 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 18.6 cents per pound for the week ending October 4, up 1.6 cents from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 24.8 milli . . . Continue

Cotton Ginnings Fall Behind Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to October 1, according to the USDA. . . . Continue

U.S. Hay Crop Up 7%

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Production of hay other than alfalfa is forecast at 84.1 million tons, up 9% from the August forecast and up 7% from 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Modest Increase in Peanut Crop

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Peanut output in the United States is forecast at 4.98 billion pounds, up slightly from the September forecast and up 19% from last year's revised production of 4.17 billion pounds, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

American Sugarcane Crop Down 5%

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed in 2014 is forecast at 29.3 million tons, down 5% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

U.S. Objective Cotton Yield Data - Oct 2014

A table about U.S. Objective Cotton Yield Data - Oct 2014 . . . Continue

Orange Crop Up 3%

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Citrus fruit production in the United States is generally higher than last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Pecan Output Rising 3%

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- This year's U.S. pecans crop is forecast at 276 million pounds (utilized, in-shell basis), up 3% from 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Cotton Yield Forecast Trimmed

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Production of all types of cotton in the United States is forecast at 16.3 million 480-pound bales, down 2% from last month but up 26% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Alfalfa Crop Expanding

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixture dry hay for 2014 is forecast at 64.5 million tons, up 1% from the August forecast and up 12% from 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Orange Crop Up 3%

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- The United States all orange forecast for the 2014-2015 season is 6.96 million tons, up 3% from the 2013 - 2014 final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Smaller U.S. Sugarbeet Harvest

WASHINGTON - Oct 10/14 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2014 crop year is forecast at 32.1 million tons, down 2% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report. . . . Continue

Corn Acreage Needs in 2015

CHICAGO - Oct 13/14 - SNS -- Following is a commodity market comment from the University of Illinois's Darrell Good. . . . Continue

Cotton Ginnings Fall Behind Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 24/14 - SNS -- All cotton ginned totaled 0 running bales prior to October 15, according to the USDA. . . . Continue

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Oct 24/14 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 20.6 cents per pound for the week ending October 18, up 0.1 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 18 totaled 88.6 million pounds, up 3.72 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 19.4 cents per pound for the week ending October 18, up 0.4 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 78.2 mil . . . Continue

Birdseeds Unchanged to Firmer

VANCOUVER - Oct 25/14 - SNS -- North American birdseed ingredient markets finished the week unchanged to firmer in under relatively light trading interest. . . . Continue

Cattle Price Records Keep Falling

CHICAGO - Oct 28/14 - SNS -- Following is a commodity market comment from the University of Illinois's Chris Hurt. . . . Continue

U.S. Domestic Weekly Peanut Price Update

WASHINGTON - Oct 31/14 - SNS - Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 20.8 cents per pound for the week ending October 25, up 0.2 cent from the previous week. Marketings of all farmer stock peanuts for the week ending October 25 totaled 95.2 million pounds, up 6.69 million pounds from the previous week. Runner-type peanut prices averaged 19.3 cents per pound for the week ending October 25, down 0.1 cent from the previous week. Marketings of runner-type peanuts were 81.1 m . . . Continue