The fundamentals are kicking in and pulling CBOT products higher. Spotty growing conditions across the Midwest, including reports of both drought and drown-out spots, are boosting corn and soybean values while declining production prospects internationally for wheat pushed those prices higher. Fed Chairman Powell told the Senate today that U.S. economic growth and stable inflation are keeping the agency on-track to continue raising interest rates. The broader markets took the Chairman’s comments as a positive sign and have rallied accordingly. Outside markets are mostly higher with the Dow and S&P 500 up, the VIX down, and COMEX gold falling. The U.S. dollar is higher along with WTI and Brent crude oil.
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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...
