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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
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
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
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
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
🐮 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
🐖 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
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