Commercial red meat production up 8% in July
WASHINGTON — Commercial red meat production in July totaled 4,252 million lbs, up 8% from 3,940 million lbs in July 2007 and up 5% from 4,050 million lbs in June 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Livestock Slaughter report. MORE

July poultry, pork and cheese stocks up
WASHINGTON — Frozen stocks of turkey, chicken, pork and cheese in warehouses on July 31 were greater than year earlier levels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report. MORE

July milk outturn up 1.7% from year ago
WASHINGTON — Milk production in the 23 major producing states totaled 14.8 billion lbs in July, up 1.7% from the same month of 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Milk Production report. MORE

June dry milk production up from year ago
WASHINGTON — June production of both nonfat dry milk and skim milk powders were up from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Dairy Products report. MORE

Average price of all wheat at $7.29 in July
WASHINGTON — The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in July was $7.29 per bu, down 33c from $7.62 in June but $2.12 above the July 2007 average of $5.17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its July Agriculture Prices report. MORE

June egg product output down 3% from year ago
WASHINGTON — The total amount of edible liquid product from shell eggs broken in June was 218,504,000 lbs, down 3% from a year ago and down 7% from May 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Egg Products report. MORE

June poultry, red meat and cheese stocks up
WASHINGTON — Frozen stocks of turkey, chicken, pork and cheese in warehouses on June 30 were greater than year earlier levels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report. MORE

U.S.D.A. forecasts winter wheat output up 2%
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its June Crop Production report forecast 2008 U.S. winter wheat production at 1,817,364,000 bus, up 39,832,000 bus, or 2%, from 1,777,532,000 bus forecast in May and up 20% from 1,515,989,000 bus last year. MORE

U.S.D.A. raises 2009 wheat carryover 4 million bus
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected U.S. wheat carryover on June 1, 2009, at 487 million bus, up 4 million bus from 483 million bus projected in May, and up 92% from the upwardly revised 2008 carryover of 254 million bus. MORE

U.S.D.A. projects record global wheat crop
WASHINGTON — In its first projections for the 2008-09 marketing year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast global wheat production at a record 656 million tonnes, up 8% from this year and 5% above the previous record set in 2004-05. MORE

Intended plantings top expectations
WASHINGTON — U.S. farmers intend to plant more soybeans, other spring wheat and durum in 2008 than most analysts expected, but less corn, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. MORE