Yesterday’s tough-talking rhetoric from President Trump, in which he said he planned to go ahead with additional tariffs on Chinese imports, was apparently seen as posturing ahead of his Friday meeting with President Xi because it seemed to have no effect on overnight futures markets trade. In fact, soybeans reversed direction and were firmer. Corn was up slightly, and wheat was off a bit. During the day session, soybeans extended their early strength to finish up 12-13.25 cents, recovering about two-thirds of Monday’s loss. Soy products were both firmer. Corn remained stuck in its typical 3 cent trading range before the December and March contracts closed up a half-cent. Deferred corn contracts were unchanged to a fraction lowe...
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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