USDA released is September WASDE today. Broiler production is expected to increase, based on higher slaughter and heavier weights. Beef, pork and turkey are all down from last month’s estimates based on slaughter pace and lighter weights. But, if you take the quarterly production data, and projected quarterly levels of production to approximate the crop marketing year, total red meat and poultry production, it implies an increase of 1.5 percent in production. That raises and interesting observation. While all the focus regarding the uncertain supply and demand situation for corn has been on USDA’s projection of acres and yields, today’s WASDE also shows feed use of corn down 1.9 percent from the last crop year, which does...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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