Trading opened today’s session mostly in the green, except for feeder cattle, but late in the session corn and the soybean complex turned lower. Notables for the week included new contract lows for:
November soybeans December soymeal September SRW September HRW September HRS
Weather will continue to drive this market and an active front brings bearish showers across the Midwest next week and delivers some relief to the parched southeast. However, the high heat in the west drifts eastward later in the week. The Climate Prediction Center issued its three-month drought outlook for the U.S. As noted by Dave Juday in yesterday’s Livestock Roundup, the drought in the southeastern U.S. has adversely impacted th...
What You Need to Know Today: A case of New World Screwworm was detected in Texas, the first in the U.S. since 1966. With cases creeping closer to the U.S. border, it was only a matter of time. APHIS confirmed that larvae were detected in the umbilical area of a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
Key Takeaways: The situation in the Persian Gulf is unchanged with any ceasefire still subject to interruptions from both U.S. and Iranian attacks. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, though somme vessels are still sneaking out after turning off their AIS. The U.S. fired a H...