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IEEPA Tariffs Struck Down, Outlook for Livestock and Poultry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Outlook Forum is taking place this week, covering key agricultural topics, unveiling the 10-year long-term baseline forecast, and providing commodity outlook updates. Further, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the International Emergency E...

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Transportation and Export Report

Dry bulk ocean freight markets are once again seeing diverging trends across the Atlantic and Pacific basins. Key to this divergence is the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, which started last weekend and will last through 3 March. That is putting much of Asia on hold for trading and vessel inqui...

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Market Commentary: Mostly Bullish Except Corn Where Production Will Fall

USDA issued its major S&D crop forecast for the upcoming crop season at its annual Outlook Conference. Although generally bullish for corn and bearish for soybeans, with a modest shift in plantings from beans to corn, the report had minimal market impact except perhaps in long-dated new cro...

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Livestock Roundup: Cattle on Feed Preview

USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report for February will be released tomorrow. Analysts’ pre-report consensus estimates are for the total inventory on feed to be 98.4 percent of a year ago. Those estimates imply an on-feed inventory of 11.53 million head. The total inventory on feed...

Transportation and Export Report

Dry bulk ocean freight markets are once again seeing diverging trends across the Atlantic and Pacific basins. Key to this divergence is the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, which started last weekend and will last through 3 March. That is putting much of Asia on hold for trading and vessel inqui...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Mostly Bullish Except Corn Where Production Will Fall

USDA issued its major S&D crop forecast for the upcoming crop season at its annual Outlook Conference. Although generally bullish for corn and bearish for soybeans, with a modest shift in plantings from beans to corn, the report had minimal market impact except perhaps in long-dated new cro...

livestock

Livestock Roundup: Cattle on Feed Preview

USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report for February will be released tomorrow. Analysts’ pre-report consensus estimates are for the total inventory on feed to be 98.4 percent of a year ago. Those estimates imply an on-feed inventory of 11.53 million head. The total inventory on feed...

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Livestock Industry Margins

Beef complex margins weakened further in the week ending 14 February 2026, with estimated beef packer net margins sliding to -$270.22/hd (down $22.78/hd week over week) as higher cattle costs continued to outrun product values. The Choice cutout edged up to $365.30/cwt, but fed cattle prices mo...

Thoughts on USDA Ag Outlook Numbers

The USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum (AOF) featured the agency’s first look at the 2026/27 balance sheet for the major U.S. crops and livestock products. For corn, wheat, and soybeans, this year’s numbers were in line with expectations and did not spark much reaction f...

livestock

Livestock Industry Margins

Beef complex margins weakened further in the week ending 14 February 2026, with estimated beef packer net margins sliding to -$270.22/hd (down $22.78/hd week over week) as higher cattle costs continued to outrun product values. The Choice cutout edged up to $365.30/cwt, but fed cattle prices mo...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.2575/bushel, down $0.0125 from yesterday's close.  May 26 Wheat closed at $5.6675/bushel, up $0.1425 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $11.41/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $304.8/short ton, up $0.9 fr...

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Market Commentary: Grain Markets Navigate Energy Risk and Dollar Strength

Key Market Developments Today’s theme was geopolitics and economics. Tension between the United States and Iran escalated despite reports of an “understanding” reached during Tuesday’s nuclear discussions. Iran temporarily shut parts of the Strait of Hormuz during milita...

Tariff Impacts; HPF: the New Climate Change

Tariff Impacts Calculating the impacts of President Trump’s tariffs is heavy fodder for economists. Many made predictions about their impacts long before the rubber even met the road. Predictions of a tariff-caused recession have been debunked, and there is little impact on inflation. Now...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.27/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.47/bushel, up $0.0925 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $11.335/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.9/short ton, down $1.9 fro...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 9–13 February 2026 The feature of the second week of February was appreciation of prices on the export platform, meaning regions in close proximity to seaports showed higher prices across all grains, including wheat, barley, corn and even peas. This is somewhat para...

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European Market Analysis

Regional News  EU cattle markets remain relatively unchanged from recent weeks, with German and Austrian prices falling slightly amid carnival-period reduced interest.  EU hog and pig markets have started to stabilize, with the “backlog” of market-ready animals largely cle...

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