Markets in general have built more walls of worry this week over U.S. corporate earnings, emerging market concerns and slower growth in China. The bearish beat goes on.
General Comments Markets were slightly higher most of the night session on light trading volume, but they faded some at the 7:45 close and opened steady to lower at 8:30. Financial markets were in trouble again early this morning with Dow and S&P sharply lower early in the session. The Dow was down more than 200 at one point with the S&P down almost 20. The S&P actually made it all the way back and traded slightly higher before slumping again in the last hour of trading. USDA did announce the sale of 110,000 MT of corn to Spain this morning. That coun...
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...
