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Senate Farm Bill and $11 Billion Supplemental Appropriation Request

On Wednesday, the White House submitted a national security supplemental spending request for $87.6 billion. The majority of the request includes funding for the conflict in the Middle East, but there are agricultural provisions as well. The supplemental funding package includes more than $11 b...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.1475/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Sep 26 Wheat closed at $6.015/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $11.57/bushel, up $0.22 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $308.2/short ton, up $4.6 from ye...

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Market Commentary: Focus Turns to New Crop Export Sales

What You Need to Know Today: The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE) rose 4.1 percent year-over-year, in line with expectations. Core PCE, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, rose 3.4 percent year-over-year, also in line with expectations. Bayer secured a favorable Suprem...

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Livestock Round Up: Hogs and Pigs Report

USDA released its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report for 1 June today. There were 73.7 million head, which was down slightly from 1 June 2025, as well as from 1 March 2026. The hog herd sits at the same level it was on 1 September 2025 and is the lowest for June since 2023. From 2016, after the re...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.1475/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Sep 26 Wheat closed at $6.015/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $11.57/bushel, up $0.22 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $308.2/short ton, up $4.6 from ye...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Focus Turns to New Crop Export Sales

What You Need to Know Today: The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE) rose 4.1 percent year-over-year, in line with expectations. Core PCE, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, rose 3.4 percent year-over-year, also in line with expectations. Bayer secured a favorable Suprem...

livestock

Livestock Round Up: Hogs and Pigs Report

USDA released its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report for 1 June today. There were 73.7 million head, which was down slightly from 1 June 2025, as well as from 1 March 2026. The hog herd sits at the same level it was on 1 September 2025 and is the lowest for June since 2023. From 2016, after the re...

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Mid-Year Cow-Calf Profitability Projections

Key Takeaways:  Despite rising cost pressures — including the recent run-up in fuel and energy costs — U.S. cow-calf producers are facing another year of record-breaking revenues and net returns for 2026. Cost pressures — particularly non-feed variable costs — and...

The Credibility Gap: Administrative Optimism Meets Commodity Agriculture

Can we really expect a bushel of corn to carry an environmental passport throughout the entire food system? One that reliably documents its carbon footprint, biodiversity impacts, water use, soil carbon, and other environmental attributes all the way from the farm field to the consumer? This is...

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Mid-Year Cow-Calf Profitability Projections

Key Takeaways:  Despite rising cost pressures — including the recent run-up in fuel and energy costs — U.S. cow-calf producers are facing another year of record-breaking revenues and net returns for 2026. Cost pressures — particularly non-feed variable costs — and...

Transportation Perspectives - 25 June

Key Takeaways: Despite little progress in a U.S.-Iran framework for a peace deal or an agreement itself, vessel transits are picking up in the Strait of Hormuz (SOH).  On Wednesday morning, Kpler reported 31 verified vessel transits of the SOH in a positive sign of increased activity in t...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.07/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Sep 26 Wheat closed at $5.96/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Nov 26 Soybeans closed at $11.35/bushel, down $0.0675 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $303.6/short ton, up $0.7 fro...

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Market Commentary: The Battle for Support

Key Market Insights Outside markets dominated today’s session. Crude oil traded below $70 per barrel, the U.S. dollar climbed to a 13-month high, and both gold and silver posted sharp declines as traders increased expectations for additional Federal Reserve rate hikes. At the same time, t...

Changing Dynamics of U.S. Farm Ownership and Succession

Key Takeaways: An aging farmer population and fewer younger successors are creating growing farm succession challenges, leaving many operations without a clear future High land values and capital requirements create major barriers to farm ownership for new producers Farmland consolidation and...

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Soybean Crush Margin Forecast

What You Need to Know Today… Crush margins are set to pull back after their recent rallies, though U.S. markets will fare better than others. U.S. demand-led strength in soyoil pricing is a key driver of U.S. margin profitability and will remain so into mid-autumn. Soymeal prices are th...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 15-19 June 2026 The Russian grain market moved lower this week as prices declined across all grain categories ahead of the end of the marketing year. Weakness was observed in both European Russia and the Asian regions, where markets continue to track bearish sentiment in...

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