It is always difficult to trade grain and soy futures based on politics and political rhetoric, and this truism is proving itself once again. Markets were lower yesterday on discouraging comments from various sources about the state of U.S.-Chinese negotiations. They were then buoyed early today by comments from President Trump’s economic advisor Larry Kudlow that those negotiations are on track and progress is being made ahead of next week’s formal meeting with Vice-Premier Lui He and his delegation. Understandably, markets have become heavily invested in the outcome of this meeting, perhaps to the exclusion of a few other important factors like unfavorable Brazilian weather forecasts. One unsubstantiated rumor in the air is t...
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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