The Latest Breaking News from USDA

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Monday closed up +0.20 (+0.74%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed up +5.60 (+0.77%). Sugar prices Monday rallied back up towards last Friday's 12-year highs on forecasts for hot and dry weather in Brazil. Sugar prices were also boosted...

Many want to complain about speculator participation or USDA information now that grain prices are lower. Looking at the role the play, the value they can provide and the numerous other things I'm watching this week.

How do I reconcile the difference between what the market is telling us about fundamentals and USDA's supply and demand estimates? It's easy. I don't.

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.29 (-1.08%), and Dec London white sugar #5 (SWZ23 ) closed down -4.80 (-0.66%). Sugar prices Wednesday settled moderately lower on signs of strong sugar output in Brazil. On Wednesday, Unica reported that Brazil Center-South sugar output in the...

Cattle futures ended the session with a 7c loss in October and a 10 cent loss in Feb. The other nearbys were stronger, but gains were limited to 17 cents. The feeders were also mixed with losses of as much as 90 cents in Sep, but +/- 30 cents in...

Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.43 (+1.63%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23 ) closed up +13.30 (+1.81%). Sugar prices Tuesday closed moderately higher, with NY sugar posting a 4-1/2 month high. Over the past couple of weeks, sugar prices have risen on...

Trader Joe's had six recalls in five weeks, as Skippy and Hillshire Farms both pulled products. What's going on?

There have been high-profile recalls recently because food products were contaminated with foreign objects including stainless steel in peanut butter and bone fragments in smoked sausage.

‘We are so grateful for our government being able to give us food stamps to allow us to have food, so we did not starve,’ he says