Mark Jekanowski

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, for Russia to feed its people, they had to purchase a large amount of U.S. grain, particularly wheat.  However, a lot has changed over the past 30 years.   “Russia has emerged over the past few decades to be the dominant global supplier of wheat," noted USDA Outlook chairman Mark Jekanowski.  He added roughly 25% of...

Registration is now underway for next year's USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum.   “The theme of the event is meeting tomorrow's challenges today," noted World Agricultural Outlook Board chair Mark Jekanowski.  He added the 101st edition of the Forum is scheduled for February 27th through 28th at Crystal City, VA.  Like in past years, the...

Beef production expected up for both this year and next.   "Beef production was raised 210 million pounds for 2024," said USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski. "We've been seeing some increases here in heifer slaughter and also higher weights. So, that...

A slight adjustment down in U.S. wheat production is just one of several contributors to lower global wheat production forecast in October.   “Down 2.8 million tons to 794.1 million tons, but that’ll still be a record high production," noted USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board chair Mark Jekanowski.  So, what does that ...

The USDA is scheduled to release a slew of crop forecasts, including one for the corn and soybean crop Friday morning.   “Really not expecting any big changes that crop seems to be pretty well set at this point," noted USDA Outlook chairman Mark Jekanowsk.  But the marke...

It's not the greatest of times right now for the nation's Turkey producers.   “Production continues to decline and prices are declining as well.”    And that breaks the rules of supply and demand economics.  All of this from USDA's ...

This is an interesting time to be in the dairy business.  USDA Outlook Board chairman Mark Jekanowski said the U.S. has relatively tight supplies, and strong demand.  He added that the nation's dairies are churning out more milk, but not as much as was expected, or as much as consumers would like to see.   “Heifer su...

Wheat growers across Europe have dealt with some unpleasant weather this year, and because of that, the USDA has lowed its projections for EU wheat production.  But despite that drop, :"when you add it all up across all of the major producers, we're looking at record large global production,” noted USDA Outlook chairman Mark Jekanowski.  He added that...

Lower production, higher prices, that’s the summary of USDA's August Dairy Forecast.   “We reduced our production forecast for both 2024 and 2025. We still expect year-over-year growth," said World Agricultural Outlook Board chairman Mark Jekanowski.  "So, 2025 productio...

Minor month-over-month adjustments were recorded in USDA's August look at meat production at prices for 2024.   “The overall story hasn't changed much from last month, and several of the previous months going back a while,” noted World Agricultural Outlook Board chair Mark Jakanowski.  He said that was re...