The ongoing response to the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 in the US is lower prices for some feed grains and increased producer uncertainty, say analysts.
The US Department of Agriculture is trimming anticipated exports of corn but maintaining ending stocks, even as soybean exports increase and ending stocks fall.
Feed crop producers in Argentina increased forward sales of some oilseed based feed ingredients in the last quarter of 2019 in anticipation of a change in export taxes.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has proposed revisions to the US grain inspection law to make it more reliable, transparent and cost-effective.
The USDA expects production of broiler chicken and pork to keep growing in Chile this year as international demand for its meat products keeps increasing, with the agency also seeing a hike in imported feed grains to support this expansion as domestic...
Drought in South Africa and a related decrease in corn production there could result in that country becoming a new export market option for US corn farmers, says analyst.
