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29.07.26 - 13:01
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US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear (ZeroHedge)
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US Corn Conditions Suffer Sharpest Deterioration In Three Years, Fueling Food Inflation Fear
Less than a week after we reported that an options whale placed a $20 million bet on corn futures, a new U.S. crop report revealed the sharpest weekly deterioration in conditions in three years.
Bloomberg cites a new USDA report that rated 63% of the U.S. crop as good or excellent, down 4 percentage points from the previous week and below consensus estimates. The decline was due to heat and dryness battering some of the nation's top agricultural growing belts.
US Corn Conditions Slide 4% ?
Farmers are saying it's the largest crisis on the Farm since last week pic.twitter.com/D0iX8PFL93
— GrainStats ? (@GrainStats) July 28, 2026
1YR Net Change Corn Crop Yield Forecasts
The most-active contract gained as much as .9%.
Heat warnings plague parts of Illinois and Missouri, although Corn Belt weather is expected to improve later this week.
Last week, an options trader made a $20 million bet that co...
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28.07.26 - 23:12
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Chicken farms and the reality of food production in Britain | Letters (The Guardian)
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Richard Griffiths and Will Raw respond to an article by George Monbiot in which he argues that industrial poultry farming is killing our riversGeorge Monbiot is wrong in his belief that chicken farms harm rivers (Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they'll chicken out, 23 July). Our farms have no direct contact with the soil and operate under permits issued and regulated by the Environment Agency, giving transparency on how manure is managed on site and where it goes when it leaves.The chicken manure produced in the UK is used either for energy generation or as a fertiliser by other farming sectors. Each destination has full traceability, and manure will often be transported across the country to be used where it is most needed. Continue reading......
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