Added October 7, 2012.
Corn Price Update October 3rd 2012
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs Report
Information provided by the USDA livestock and Grain Market News who have combined their reporting into one national report.
Trading in national organic grain and feedstuffs were mostly lower with moderate demand than last month. New crop harvest has begun for the majority of organic farmers and yields have been described as "what you would expect" for drought ravaged areas, and fair to good yields for less stricken areas. No official yield data for organic grains is published by USDA at this time.
Feed grade corn and soybeans prices were lower due mostly in part to the availability of new crop grain. Feed grade wheat was higher with good demand due to corn prices, with many livestock producers feeding more wheat than anticipated earlier this year. Feed wheat remains in the area of $2.00 over the protein point in all regions this period. Barley trade has not been in the forefront of recent trading due largely to the bulk of that commodity being imported from Canada.
While soybean prices have lowered slightly, some buyers and farmers continue to import grains from overseas due to prices demanded by many producers.
Organic alfalfa pellets, 17% protein, were $430.00/ton this period in Nebraska. Alfalfa hay in the North Inter-Mountain area of California was 240.00-280.00/ton for supreme and good quality. Premium oat hay was $155.00/ton in the Sacramento Valley.
Prices negotiated spot market, FOB the farm. Prices quoted $/bushel, except soybean meal ($/ton and FOB the mill) and roasted soybeans, $/ton. Hay reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted. Soybean oil, sunflowers, spelt, cents/lb.
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Sept 2012 |
Aug 2012 |
July 2012 |
3rd qtr. 12 |
Sep 2011 |
Feed Grade Corn |
15.85 |
16.72 |
15.89 |
16.66 |
12.06 |
Food Grade Soybeans |
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Feed Grade Soybeans |
28.55 |
29.83 |
28.4 |
28.86 |
19.51 |
Feed Grade Oats |
5.04 |
5.03 |
5.24 |
5.16 |
4.3 |
Feed Grade Barley |
10.04 |
10.8 |
10.04 |
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5.13 |
Food Grade Wheat |
14.89 |
14.89 |
14.33 |
13.72 |
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Feed Grade Wheat |
11.5 |
10.36 |
10.47 |
10.63 |
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Soybean meal |
$1,243/ ton |
1,264/ton |
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$1,242/ton |
822/ton |
Feed Grade Peas |
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10.27 |
Organic Alfalfa - Premium |
260/ton |
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Organic Alfalfa – Good |
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Organic Grass Hay |
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Courtesy of Bob Parsons, University of Vermont
Courtesy of Green Mountain Feeds and University of Vermont
Current market price for organic dry shelled corn is between $550-650 / ton and organic raw soybeans are between $950-1,050/ ton. Second cut hay is selling for around $200-250 /ton and high quality alfalfa hay at $450/ton at the farm.
Located below are the links to latest organic price reports.
National Hay, Feed & Seed Weekly Summary http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lswfeedseed.pdf
Bi weekly National Organic Grains and Feedstuffs: http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lsbnof.pdf
Posted: to Organic Pay, Feed & Grain Prices on Sun, Oct 7, 2012
Updated: Sun, Oct 7, 2012