There isn't much fresh to talk about these days other than weather and potential U.S. corn and soybean yields. That is certainly a lot and, of course, extremely important. USDA and most other analysts continue to use a best case outlook regarding everything connected to crop production this year. They have made their collective beds and it sometimes seems like attitudes won't change come hell or high water. Here again are some of those best case scenarios:
Using larger corn acres than reflected in the March planting intentions report, despite the latest planting season in memory and some significant areas that didn't get planted to anything. Using a record soybean yield plus increased acres despite the facts that over four million ac...
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...
