The USDA began its annual Outlook Forum on Thursday. Sec. Vilsack made three announcements that will help the country's livestock and poultry processing sector.

Ryan Martin is forecasting a cold weekend, but sunshine will dominate. 

Karl Setzer of AgriVisor talks about the acreage estimates from the USDA Outlook Forum for corn, soybeans and wheat. He also shares what we learned in a bearish Cold Storage Report and the impact it had on Thursday's livestock trade.