The CBOT was mixed with corn and soybeans higher on short-covering and fundamental support heading into Wednesday’s WASDE. End-users were net buyers in corn and funds covered some of their short position as well. Soybeans posted 4-6 cent gains as the market bounced from technical support and found comfort in USDA’s daily export sales announcements. Wheat was mostly lower amid a steady stream of news about the big and ever-growing Russian crop. The USDA reported three daily “flash” export sales announcements – all of which were for soybeans:
111,000 MT sold to “unknown” destinations for 2020/21,
324,000 MT sold to China for 2020/21,
264,000 MT sold to China for 2020/21...
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...
