Soybeans, corn and wheat all closed on or near the day's highs. That is a bullish technical picture for the last day of the week and the month. General Comments It was an extremely interesting day in all markets on the last day of February. Soybeans were lower most of the night session with corn and wheat slightly higher. All of that changed during the day session with another volatile day in soybean futures and significant strength developing in wheat and corn futures. Hog futures were also on fire again today and traded limit higher in the April contract. U.S. financial futures were also strong with the S&P setting a new high, but those gains faded as the day wore on because of the political concerns in the Black Sea as well as some...
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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