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  • Corn$4.97/bu-1.0%
  • Soybeans$12.77/bu-0.5%
  • Soybean meal$347.00/US ton-1.8%
  • Soybean oil$0.6863/lb+1.9%
  • SRW wheat$6.83/bu+0.0%
  • HRW wheat$7.34/bu-0.4%
  • Live cattle$221.40/cwt-0.8%
  • Feeder cattle$331.07/cwt-1.6%
  • Lean hogs$70.08/cwt+1.7%
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Trouw Nutrition closes Belfast pre-mix mill, cutting 29 jobs

Trouw Nutrition has permanently closed its Ship Street pre-mix manufacturing facility in Belfast, ending production on 30 September 2026 and resulting in 29 redundancies. The Dutch animal-nutrition company says it will continue to serve the Irish market through its Great Britain and European plants, while retaining commercial, sales, and technical teams at its Belfast headquarters.

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Commodity Markets

Record US Diesel Prices Squeeze Farm Budgets as Washington Weighs Relief Options

US on-highway diesel hit an all-time record of $6.53 per gallon in the week of 21 September 2026, coinciding with the harvest season. The Trump administration is weighing a range of targeted measures — including dyed-diesel distribution, state tax relief and voluntary refiner concessions — after setting aside a 90-day export ban that energy officials and industry warned would backfire. USDA projects 2026 farm fuel and oil spending at $21.6 billion, up 28.8% from 2025.

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Commodity Markets

Austria's 2026 Record Drought Cuts Autumn Crop Yields, Squeezing Feed and Food Supply Across Central Europe

An unprecedented drought in Austria has sharply reduced 2026 autumn crop yields, with potatoes down 50–70%, soybeans more than 50%, and grain maize nearly 30% versus the five-year average. The shortfalls are tightening feed ingredient and raw material availability for domestic processors and neighbouring EU markets, pushing up procurement costs for livestock producers and feed formulators.

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