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This FIE Input Cost Index rose this week, up from 139 to 142. Grain prices eased a bit. Corn fell to $4.97 a bushel after USDA’s Grain Stocks report put old-crop corn supplies 35% above last year.

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Chicken drove the quarter’s protein deals. Hormel agreed to buy Brakebush for about $1.055 billion, and JBS proposed taking full ownership of Pilgrim’s Pride. Intersnack is taking Utz private, at an ...

Food manufacturers caught a rare bit of relief on the input side this week, but the details complicate the good news. The FIE Input Cost Index fell for a fourth straight week. It remains in High ...

OEE tells you how fast the line is running. It doesn’t tell you whether you can hand an auditor a CAPA record tied to that run. Manufacturers need both in one system. The signing price is the smallest ...

The FIE Input Cost Index fell for the third straight week. But it’s still sitting in High Pressure territory, where it’s been since we started the index. This week, the September corn and wheat ...