USDA Feed Outlook: April 2013

Apr 12, 2013

by Thomas Capehart

Outlook No. (FDS-13D) 22 pp, April 2013

This Feed Outlook report discusses market analysis of domestic and international feed grain markets, providing supporting and supplementary information related to USDA’s April 2013 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The April Feed Outlook also includes a special article discussing the recent runup in prices for RINs (Renewable Identification Numbers), relationships with ethanol markets, and implications for projections of corn used to produce ethanol.

Keywords: corn, sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, trade, feed and residual, food and industrial use, international production, RINs, Renewable Fuel Standard, Renewable Identification Numbers, ethanol, blend wall

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Entire report, Pdf file 534 kb
Table 1--Feed grains: U.S. quarterly supply and disappearance (million bushels), Excel file 41 kb
Table 2--Feed and residual use of wheat and coarse grains, Excel file 26 kb
Table 3--Cash feed grain prices, Excel file 28 kb
Table 4--Selected feed and feed byproduct prices (dollars per ton), Excel file 29 kb
Table 5--Corn: Food, seed, and industrial use (million bushels), Excel file 26 kb
Table 6--Wholesale corn milling product and byproduct prices, Excel file 26 kb
Table 7--U.S. feed grain imports by selected sources (1,000 metric tons), Excel file 25 kb
Table 8--U.S. feed grain exports by selected destinations (1,000 metric tons), Excel file 29 kb

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