Friday’s market weakness carried over into Sunday night’s trade and that of Monday’s day session. Nearly every grain/oilseed market broke sharply lower and posted significant losses for the day. The livestock complex was one of the few at the CBOT/CME to trade higher for the day. Weakness in global vegoil markets was responsible for the soy complex’s collapse while improving weather forecasts for the U.S. (better rains for the Upper Midwest this week and the Corn Belt next week) pressured the corn market. Brokers estimate funds sold 30,000 contracts of corn on Monday and 20,000 contracts of soybeans. Funds also sold 10,000 contracts of soyoil and a similar volume of soymeal contracts. Funds were net sellers of some 7...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
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