The CBOT was mixed to start WASDE week with the soy complex pushing lower under the threat of larger yield projections, which pulled corn lower too. Wheat futures rose modestly on expectations that USDA will cut the Russian wheat crop and its export program, thereby tightening world supplies. Traders were specifically focused on exiting soybean positions or getting short that market ahead of the report, and bear soy/corn and soy/wheat spreads helped stabilize the grain markets. Funds were strong net sellers in the soy complex for the day while remaining relatively flat corn and wheat. The weekly Export Inspections report was bearish corn and wheat while remaining neutral soybeans. Corn and wheat inspections missed their weekly target...
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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