| Name | Value | Date | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | $4.97/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybeans | $12.77/bu | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean meal | $347.00/US ton | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean oil | $0.6863/lb | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| SRW wheat | $6.83/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| HRW wheat | $7.34/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Live cattle | $221.40/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Feeder cattle | $331.07/cwt | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Lean hogs | $70.08/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ |
The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has announced a package of process reforms to its animal Food Additive Petition and GRAS Notification review programs following a two-year evaluation, promising faster timelines, greater transparency, and more flexible data requirements for ingredient submitters.
A study published 24 September 2026 in the journal Animals reports that feeding whole hemp seeds to Holstein–Friesian bulls at a 10% concentrate inclusion rate raised zinc, magnesium, iron, retinol, and α-tocopherol in muscle tissue and improved the ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids, though higher inclusion at 17% produced little additional benefit and neither level increased long-chain omega-3 PUFA concentrations.
