General Comments In anticipation of tomorrow's Grain Stocks report, market participants may have reversed the old adage, "buy the rumor, sell the fact," into "sell the rumor, buy the fact." There is already common anticipation that this season's early harvest could make the 1 September corn stocks numbers appear somewhat bearish. Bullish corn traders also had to deal with disappointing export sales this morning. Corn's low export sales number of only 400 ME seemed to have occurred as prior high-priced purchases were cancelled. The weak export sales were just further incentive for corn traders to wait until after tomorrow's report before deciding whether to trade the long side.USDA reports are commonly considered bullish or bearish in rel...
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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