Markets were quiet again overnight, although soybean futures showed some life early this morning and closed the night session a nickel higher with corn steady. Wheat finished down a penny and started today slightly weaker. The U.S. government is beginning the third week of the partial shutdown. The series of USDA reports scheduled to be released this Friday have been postponed until sometime after the government is fully restored. Meanwhile, weekly export inspections were light last week due to the New Year holiday. A U.S. delegation. is in Beijing this week for trade talks, and the market will be watching for clues regarding the direction these meetings eventually take. U.S. equity markets were down slightly to start the day but rallied...
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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