The wheat, corn and soybeans found no support to start the week with all three markets starting lower Sunday evening. Yield reports from Russia continue to be better than expected, and that has kept the wheat market on its heels for several days now. General Comments The wheat, corn and soybeans found no support to start the week with all three markets starting lower Sunday evening and maintaining/expanding those losses in today’s session. The dry parts of western and central Iowa did finally receive some weekend rains. The real question is whether those rains came soon enough to enhance the corn and soybean yields, and that will be answered at harvest. The Farm Journal (Pro Farmer) crop tour started today, but it is too early to make any...
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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...