Grain and soy markets traded rather quietly on both sides of Wednesday’s closes overnight, but action picked up during the day session, at least in terms of volume if not price action. General Comments Grain and soy markets traded rather quietly on both sides of Wednesday’s closes overnight, but action picked up during the day session, at least in terms of volume if not price action. The closing bell had soybeans and soyoil finishing a bit higher, KC wheat closing about unchanged, and corn and Chicago wheat finishing slightly lower. Obviously, traders were looking ahead to tomorrow’s WASDE, but today’s weekly export sales report from USDA/FAS also commanded attention. A large volume of sales had been anticipated, but it exceeded expectati...
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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