There was lower volume in the grain pits today, with perhaps some stronger interest in the last few days of holiday shopping. Traders were not buying corn or soybeans for their loved ones today, but maybe a wee bit of HRS, which closed up today and uniquely was higher for the week.
There were new contract lows this week for SRW, HRS and Euronext wheat. It was the fifth straight week lower for soymeal and SRW. It was a fourth week higher for cattle; hogs had three weeks of gains but closed out this week fractionally lower. It was the third week lower for soybeans and soyoil. It was uniquely a second week lower for HRW, but a second week higher for HRS.
Reports Cattle on Feed: The market expected USDA to repor...
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...
