General Comments Unexciting and low volume characterized the overnight Globex trading. Markets are still starved for something on which to trade. At least the day session traders had USDA's weekly Export Sales report to mull over. Even though soybeans were supported by a large volume of sales, and corn was pressured by a disgustingly low volume of export sales, markets still failed to generate much enthusiasm or trading volume. Market watchers say that traders do not want to do much until they see the December WASDE next Tuesday, 11 December, but we doubt that it will contain enough that is new and different to be the spark that the market seems to be waiting for.What traders are really looking forward to is the January report blitz cont...
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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