Heavy rains swamped portions of the Midwest overnight from Missouri, Iowa and Illinois into Michigan. A cold front produced totals ranging from 1-4 inches with 2-3 inch amounts common. Some local flooding is reported. The system with additional heavy rain totals will move slowly eastward. Obviously, this storm system will further delay fieldwork. And for portions of the Plains and Upper Midwest, winter never ends. Winter storm warnings are posted for 3 inches up to a foot of fresh snow. Overnight temperatures in western portions of the Plains fell to the mid-20s degrees Fahrenheit overnight, posing a fresh potential problem for HRW. By the middle of next week, another storm system is forecast to push from the Eastern Plains as far as Ohio...
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...
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