top-traded commodities

Top Traded Commodities in 2025: Snapshot of Winners-Losers

Dan Cattle, Marketing

As we cross the five-month mark in 2025, a new ranking of top-traded commodities highlights some unexpected leaders and laggards in the market. From precious metals to grains and livestock, market performance tells a dynamic story of economic sentiment, supply pressures, and shifting demand. Top Performers So Far Leading the pack is gold, which has seen a remarkable 22.4% increase …

dairy industry

June Is Dairy Month

Dale Sandlin Dairy, Trade, USDA

Mark Oppold spotlights June Dairy Month and Dale Sandlin shares a few insights on US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins Italy Trade Trip. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

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The Dairy Alliance Provides Details on June Dairy Month

Dale Sandlin Cattle, Dairy

The Dairy Alliance is celebrating June Dairy Month with many activities and efforts to highlight the dairy industry across the southeast. We caught up with Audri Crews, Manager of Ag Affairs for Georgia for The Dairy Alliance who provided details on their activities. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …

weekly livestock market

Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 05-30-2025

Dan Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended May 30, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 30, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 7,757 head compared to 10,738 last week and 8,067 last …

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U.S. Dairy Market Access Expanded With Costa Rica and 2026 Milk Price Forecast

Dale Sandlin Cattle, Dairy

The US Department of Agriculture has announced that U.S. Dairy producers will have greater market access due to a recent agreement with Costa Rica. The first U.S. dairy cooperative to be registered under a new approval process with Costa Rica’s National Animal Health Service (SENSA) was approved on May 22nd for export. The new approval process eases market access for …

New World screwworm

New World Screwworm Partnership Strengthened

Dale Sandlin Cattle, USDA, USDA-APHIS

The ongoing effort to combat the new world screwworm was strengthened earlier this week with the announcement of additional funding to renovate a fruit fly facility in Mexico. The $21 Million investment in the facility in Metapa, Mexico, will produce an additional 60-100 million additional sterile New world screwworm flies weekly in an effort to push the current fly population …

cattle on feed

Insights from the May 2025 Cattle on Feed Report

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle

The May 2025 Cattle on Feed Report showed fewer placements of cattle in feedlots amid strong demand for beef. USDA Livestock Analyst Michael McConnell explains. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

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Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 05-23-2025

Dan Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended May 23, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 23, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 10,738 head compared to 8,490 last week and 8,443 last …

weekly livestock market

US Cattle Herd Rebuild May Be Underway

Dale Sandlin Cattle, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The US cattle herd rebuild may be underway according to CattleFax CEO Randy Blach. While speaking at the US Meat Export Federation Spring Conference in Fort Worth earlier this week, Blach highlighted the strong beef demand as the driver for the signs of rebuilding. USMEF CEO Dan Halstrom shared key factors of demand and its relationship with tariffs and meat …