11/06/2009 01:32PM
Beef production for January-September was down 3.2 percent. The number
of cattle slaughtered during this nine month period was down 4.2
percent. Therefore, cattle weights were one percent heavier than for
this time in 2008.
11/06/2009 01:28PM
Pork production for January-September was down 1.5 percent from a year
earlier. The number of hogs slaughtered was down 2.6 percent. Therefore
hog weights were 1.1 pounds heavier this year than in 2008.
11/05/2009 01:18PM
Natural gas spot prices fell over the week at most market locations, declining on average 16 cents per million Btu (MMBtu). Decreases ranged between 2 cents and 77 cents per MMBtu. In the few trading locations where prices rose, increases were modest, ranging between 1 and 4 cents per MMBtu.
11/04/2009 01:11PM
The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Natural Gas Liquids Proved Reserves, 2008
reports that proved reserves of crude oil fell by more than 10 percent
in 2008, primarily because of low end-of-year prices used to estimate
proved reserves, even though discoveries of crude oil rose for the
third year in a row.
11/03/2009 03:25PM
The Southern US has been inundated with rain over the past two months. The Mississippi River corridor has been particularly hard hit by the excessive rains.