The CBOT ended on a mixed note to start the week as policy developments drove much of the day’s price action. News that Argentina is suspending soy product export registrations and that Russia is banning grain exports were supportive while a sharp decline in crude oil/energy values pressured markets. For the day, corn, soybeans, and soyoil ended lower while soymeal posted a fresh contract high and wheat futures settled mixed. Amid rising commodity prices worldwide, the risk of sudden policy shifts influencing world supply and demand is heightened. “Headline risk” will be a key feature of commodity markets this year and will add volatility to an already unstable environment. For the day, funds were net sellers of som...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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