MORNING LIVESTOCK REPORT
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
CORN AND SOYBEANS:
Cash palm oil prices soared overnight, again. Palm oil futures closed sharply higher and they reside at record high territory. We’re long bean oil and nailed it. We actually added on the re-open yesterday and now recommend placing break-even stops...
Morning Livestock Report
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
CORN AND SOYBEANS:
The big story overnight is the explosion higher in palm oil prices. Cash palm oil was quoted sharply higher and record high. Futures soared into new all-time highs. Dec soybean oil went from lower to sharply...
MORNING LIVESTOCK REPORT
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Monday, October 4, 2021
CORN AND SOYBEANS:
Corn has traded slightly lower most of the night with a challenge of the unchanged level early this morning. As harvest proceeds its becoming common for corn yields to be a bit disappointing but soybean...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
Pigs can contract influenza anytime during the year but more influenza circulates in the fall and winter months. That’s why producers should prepare ahead of the traditional flu season, according to Micah Jansen, DVM, veterinary manager at Zoetis...
Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis, is the bacterial cause of fibrinous polyserositis that we refer to as Glässer's disease. This common bacteria is normally an early colonizer of the nasal cavity in piglets. Piglets are initially colonized with the strains that...
MORNING LIVESTOCK REPORT
By Dennis Smith
312-242-7905
Thursday, September 30, 2021
CORN AND SOYBEANS:
Quarterly stocks will be released at 11:00. I’m focused on the corn stock figure. IMO, there’s a reasonablly good chance it will be friendly. I say this because of the super strong basis that has...
Reuters writer Karl Plume reported this week that, “U.S. soybean exports jumped last week to a six-month peak, while corn shipments were the highest in a month as Louisiana Gulf Coast terminals steadily ramped up operations disrupted nearly a...
It is hard to believe we will soon put a close to 2021. It was just a year ago that the industry faced some difficult decisions regarding inventories as numerous plants closed or scaled back on harvest numbers. What...
An appropriate thermal environment (temperature and humidity) is critical for animal growth and health. During very hot days, animals may suffer from heat stress, causing the loss of appetite, poor growth performance and increased mortality and morbidity; whereas cold...
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to challenge the US swine industry. The virus has become more difficult to control despite aggressive biosecurity methods, multiple commercial vaccines, live-virus inoculation methods and the implementation of vaccination protocols, said...