The factors that affect the grain and soy markets’ price movements are obviously always changing. However, there are times when the potential for the scope and degree of those movements are particularly high, and this week seems to be one of those. Following is a summary of what markets face over the next few days:
USDA/NASS releases its report on quarterly U.S. grain and soybean stocks as of 1 March at noon (EDT) on 29 March. This should provide a good idea of what the demand for corn and soybeans has been during the first half of their marketing years and serve as a crosscheck on our assumptions. USDA’s combined March stocks and planting intentions report is often one of the most important of the year, and it has a history...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...