General Comments Grain and soy futures markets tried to rally in overnight trade, and prices moved modestly higher mostly due to profit-taking, although enthusiasm was lacking. The markets have a lot of technical fences to mend before a serious upward price move can be sustained. This became evident when the overnight rally quickly fizzled in the day session. More fund selling drove corn and wheat prices down about 8 cents while soybeans fell about 12 cents. The markets languished until late in the session when commercial buying brought corn and nearby soybean prices back to a rare higher close. Wheat prices resisted as once again traders saw no evidence of any pick up in export interest. It did not help that last week's wheat export ins...
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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