General Comments In overnight trading, grain and soy futures prices moved back and forth on both sides of the previous closes. Volume was fairly good even though the market lacked direction. The day session continued this pattern with corn and soybeans trading both sides; however, wheat prices could not quite make it back to the previous closes. Although volume remained moderate, the market calmed down from the sharp price movements seen earlier this week after the unexpected rains last weekend. Prices closed mostly red but by modest amounts except for the old crop July corn and soybean contracts, which were again under pressure from bear spreaders and traders trying to run ahead of funds rolling out of July contracts that should start n...
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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