USGC EXAMINES POSSIBLE DDGS EXPORTS TO INDIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY
USGC recently traveled to India to examine the possibility of exporting distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to the Indian dairy industry. “Currently, there is no market access for US DDGS in India, but there is massive demand for dry fodder in the livestock industry,” said Reece Cannady, USGC regional director for South Asia. “DDGS are packed with protein, environmentally friendly and abundantly available from US producers, all significantly attractive factors to the Indian dairy industry,” Cannady said.
(Link: WorldGrain)
US CORN CROP CONDITION DOWN WEEK-OVER-WEEK
The USDA says as of July 21, 61% of the 2024 corn crop in the top 18 corn-growing states have reached the silk growth stage. This is up from 41% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average 56%. The report says 17% of the corn crop across 17 of those states have reached the dough growth stage. This is up from 8% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average 11%. According to the report, the condition of the corn crop in the top growing states rates on 21/7 as follows: 67% Good/excellent, 23% Fair, and 10% Poor/very poor. The USDA says 65% of the soybean crop in the top 18 growing states have reached the blooming growth stage. This is up from 51% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average 60%. Twenty-nine percent of soybeans across all of those states have reached the pod growth stage.
This is up from 18% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average 24%. According to the report, the condition of the soybean crop in the top growing states rates on 21/7 as follows: 68% Good/excellent, 24% Fair, and 8% Poor/very poor. The USDA says 89% of spring wheat across the top six growing states have reached the heading growth stage. This is up from 76% the week prior but slightly behind the five-year average 90%. The report rates the spring wheat crop condition on 21/7 as follows: 77% Good/excellent, 18% Fair, and 5% Poor/very poor. The USDA says the winter wheat harvest has begun in all the top 18 growing states and is 76% complete. This is up from 71% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average 72%.
(Link: SuccessfulFarming)
