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EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage:

2,578 Bcf
↑ +95 Bcf on the week
↓ −3 vs last year (−0.1%)
↑ +138 vs 5yr average (+5.7%)

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#NaturalGas #EIA

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USDA Grain Export Sales

🌽 #corn: 883,332 Inside est range
🫘 #soybeans: 276,852 Inside est range
🌾 #wheat: -642,239 Below est range

#USDA #exports

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🐄 USDA Dairy Products Sales

🧈 Butter: $1.60/lb (▲1.5¢)
🧀 Cheddar: $1.65/lb (▼2.0¢)
🥛 NDM: $2.12/lb (▼0.8¢)
💧 Dry Whey: 64.2¢/lb (▲0.5¢)

#USDA #dairymarkets

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Ethanol Production

Avg Daily Production 🛢️: 1.089 mb/day ▼2.0% WoW ▲3.1% YoY
Weekly Production: 7.623 mil bbl
Ethanol Stocks: 24.968 mil bbl ▲0.4% WoW ▲2.8% YoY
Corn Used: 108.46 MMBu vs 104.40 needed

#Ethanol #EIA

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EIA Energy Stocks | Refinery Rate: 94.7%

#CrudeOil🛢️: 433.7M (-8.0M wk | -2.3M yr)

#Gasoline⛽: 215.0M (+3.4M wk | -13.3M yr)

#Distillate🔥: 102.3M (+1.5M wk | -5.3M yr)

#ULSD🚛: 92.1M (+0.9M wk | -6.5M yr)

#CrudeOil #EIA

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Crop Progress - June 1st:

🌽 #Corn 93% planted, ahead of 89% avg and matching last year's pace. Iowa 97%, Nebraska 97%, Minnesota 97%, Illinois 91%.

🌱 #Soybeans 87% planted, well ahead of 74% avg. Iowa 95%, Minnesota 96%, Illinois 89%, Indiana 82%.

🌾 #WinterWheat Only 26% rated G/E, vs 50% last year. Colorado at just 7%, Oklahoma 12%, Kansas 15%. Harvest starting in Oklahoma at 23%.

#cropprogress #usda #nass

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USDA Grain Crushings Monthly Report

April 2026 Data
Fuel Alcohol⛽: 427.7M bu
Total Corn🌽: 478.1M bu
DDGS🐄: 1.612M tons
Corn Oil🛢️: 189.2K tons

#USDA #graincrushings #corn

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USDA Weekly Grain Export Inspections

#Soybeans🫘: 18.162 mbu
#corn🌽: 68.033 mbu
#wheat🌾: 14.784 mbu

#USDA #exports #exportinspections

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📰 All Reports Coming Out This Week (June 1–5) ⬇️

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USDA Weekly Grain Export Sales

🌽 #corn 1,015,273 Inside est range

🫘 #soybeans 299,899 Inside est range

🌾 #wheat -807,348 Inside est range

#exportsales #usda

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🐄 USDA Dairy Products Sales

🧈 Butter: $1.62/lb (▼0.1¢)
🧀 Cheddar: $1.67/lb (▼0.3¢)
🥛 NDM: $2.13/lb (▲3.7¢)
💧 Dry Whey: 63.5¢/lb (▼0.6¢)

#dairysales

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Weekly Ethanol Production

Production eased slightly to 1.089 mb/day, still a new high for this week of the year and running 3.1% above year ago levels. Stocks also hit a new seasonal high at 24.968M barrels, topping last year's record for this week. Corn usage at 108.46 MMBu continues to run ahead of the USDA pace, now 3.9% above what's needed to hit the 5.600B bushel marketing year target.

#Ethanol #USDA #EIA

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EIA Energy Stocks | Refinery Rate: 94.5%

Crude Oil: 441.7 (-3.3M wk | +1.3M yr)

Gasoline: 211.6 (-2.6M wk | -11.5M yr)

Distillate: 100.8 (-2.1M wk | -2.6M yr)

ULSD: 91.2 (-2.1M wk | -3.1M yr)

#CrudeOil #EIA

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Weekly Natural Gas Storage:

2,483 Bcf
↑ +92 Bcf on the week
↑ +21 vs last year (+0.9%)
↑ +144 vs 5-yr average (+6.2%)

#NaturalGas #EIA

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Crop Progress May 26th:

🌽 Corn 86% planted, matching last year and ahead of the 82% avg. Iowa 94%, Minnesota 94%, Nebraska 92%, Illinois 86%.

🌱 Soybeans 79% planted, well ahead of the 62% avg. Iowa 90%, Minnesota 90%, Illinois 84%, Indiana 74%.

🌾 Winter Wheat Only 26% rated G/E, down sharply from 50% last year. Colorado at just 7% G/E. Kansas 15%, Oklahoma 12%, Montana 19%.

#cropprogress #usda #nass

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USDA Weekly Export Inspections:
Figures in Million Bushels

#Soybeans: 21.003
#corn: 62.269
#wheat: 13.538

#exportinspections #usda

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Consumer Confidence May 2026:

🔵 Overall: 93.1 (−0.7)
🟣 Present Situation: 121.2 (−3.2)
🟡 Expectations: 74.4 (+1.0)

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🐮 Weekly Cattle Slaughter

Head: 528,000
• WoW: −1.3%
• vs Year Ago: −8.4%
• vs 5-Yr Avg: −16.3%

Tight supply story continues. Current year running ~102K head below the 5 yr average, with heavier dressed weights (901 lbs, +3.3% YoY) only partly offsetting the deficit.

#Cattle #USDA

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🐖 Weekly Hog Slaughter

Head: 2,321,000
• WoW: −1.6%
• vs Year Ago: −1.5%
• vs 5-Yr Avg: −2.3%

Kill pace softening into late May, with the current year now tracking below both year ago and the 5yr average.

#Hogs #USDA

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USDA Cattle on Feed: totaled 11.58M head on May 1, 2% above a year ago. April placements were 1.70M head (6% above 2025); marketings 1.64M head (10% below 2025).

#CattleOnFeed #USDA