May dry milk production up from year ago
WASHINGTON — May production of both nonfat dry milk and skim milk powders were up from a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Dairy Products report. MORE

May egg product output up 1% from 2007
WASHINGTON — The total amount of edible liquid product from shell eggs broken in May was 234,482,000 lbs, up 1% from a year ago and from April 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Egg Products report. MORE

Average price of all wheat at $8.28 in June
WASHINGTON — The preliminary national average price received by farmers for all wheat in June was $8.28 per bu, down 59c from $8.87 in May but $3.25 above the June 2007 average of $5.03, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its June Agriculture Prices report. MORE

May turkey, chicken, pork and beef stocks up
WASHINGTON — Frozen stocks of turkey, chicken, pork and beef in warehouses on May 31 were greater than year earlier levels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report. MORE

May milk outturn up 3.4% from year ago
WASHINGTON — Milk production in the 23 major producing states totaled 15.4 billion lbs in May, up 3.4% from the same month of 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Milk Production report. MORE

U.S.D.A. forecasts winter wheat output up 2%
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its June Crop Production report forecast 2008 U.S. winter wheat production at 1,817,364,000 bus, up 39,832,000 bus, or 2%, from 1,777,532,000 bus forecast in May and up 20% from 1,515,989,000 bus last year. MORE

U.S.D.A. raises 2009 wheat carryover 4 million bus
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected U.S. wheat carryover on June 1, 2009, at 487 million bus, up 4 million bus from 483 million bus projected in May, and up 92% from the upwardly revised 2008 carryover of 254 million bus. MORE

April poultry, red meat, egg, butter stocks up
WASHINGTON — Frozen stocks of turkey, chicken, pork, beef, eggs and butter in warehouses on April 30 were greater than year earlier levels, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report. MORE

U.S.D.A. projects record global wheat crop
WASHINGTON — In its first projections for the 2008-09 marketing year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast global wheat production at a record 656 million tonnes, up 8% from this year and 5% above the previous record set in 2004-05. MORE

U.S. orange forecast up 1% from March
WASHINGTON — All orange production in the United States for 2007-2008 was forecast at 10,128,000 tons (236,138,000 boxes), up 1% from the March 1 forecast and 33% above 2006-2007 final utilization of 7,626,000 tons (177,280,000 boxes), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Crop Production report. MORE

Intended plantings top expectations
WASHINGTON — U.S. farmers intend to plant more soybeans, other spring wheat and durum in 2008 than most analysts expected, but less corn, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. MORE