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USDA PROJECTS LESS SOYBEAN CRUSH, BUMPING UP ENDING STOCKS

USDA released today the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. 

2022/2023 U.S. ENDING STOCKS
The WASDE report pegged the U.S. 2022/2023 corn ending stocks at 1.267 billion bushels. This is above the trade’s estimate of 1.266 billion bushels and USDA's January estimate of 1.242 billion bushels.

For soybeans, the U.S. ending stocks were 225 million bushels, exceeding both the trade’s expectation of 211 million bushels and USDA’s January estimate of 210 million bushels.

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USDA pegged the U.S. wheat ending stocks at 568 million bushels, slightly above January’s estimate of 567 million bushels but below the trade’s expectation of 576 million bushels.

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Designing a Robotic Berry Picker

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Since blackberries must be harvested by hand, the process is time-consuming and labor-intensive. To support a growing blackberry industry in Arkansas, food science associate professor Renee Threlfall is collaborating with mechanical engineering assistant professor Anthony Gunderman to develop a mechanical harvesting system. Most recently, the team designed a device to measure the force needed to pick a blackberry without damaging it. The data from this device will help inform the next stage of development and move the team closer to the goal of a fully autonomous robotic berry picker. The device was developed by Gunderman, with Yue Chen, a former U of A professor now at Georgia Tech, and Jeremy Collins, then a U of A undergraduate engineering student. To determine the force needed to pick blackberries without damage, the engineers worked with Threlfall and Andrea Myers, then a graduate student.