It seemed to be a “get me out” market in the soy complex today as long liquidation dominated trade. Getting out involved outright selling of long positions and unwinding inter-market spreads for which soybeans were the long leg. General Comments It was a down-and-dirty Tuesday for grain and soy futures markets, especially for the speculative longs. USDA raised the soybean crop’s good/excellent ratings 2 percent to 59 percent yesterday afternoon, a mildly bearish surprise. To this was added a greatly improved weather outlook that calls for expanded precipitation and coverage for the central U.S. during the next 10 days along with mild temperatures. This is exactly the weather that is greatly needed for the struggling soybean crop with 48 p...
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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