General Comments The soy complex was firm overnight, and that "firmness" turned to outright strength as the day wore on. It was a puzzling market for those who believe the old crop soybean market is finished and that new crop is overpriced. Corn followed soybeans to a lesser extent, while wheat struggled to finally turn higher in the last hour of trading.It is all about weather. The sun refuses to shine and the rain refuses to take any sustained break. Extended forecasts still look cool and wet, and the noon updates looked even wetter in the six- to 10-day period. That puts us almost to the middle of June with a huge amount of acres left to plant (see today's analysis).Weekly export sales for corn, wheat and soybeans were generally bette...
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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