Yesterday’s big trading volume and price declines were tempered overnight with soybeans and wheat turning a bit higher while corn mostly stayed within fractions of Monday’s closes. Chicago and KC wheat prices were up in response to USDA’s first national winter wheat crop condition report, which had the lowest overall ratings in 16 years. Only 32 percent of winter wheat was called good/excellent. HRW ratings were the worst in many years, and SRW ratings were also below last year. The generally good condition of white wheat kept the overall winter wheat ratings from falling further. The impact of the Plains drought could be seen with poor/very poor ratings for the crops in Kansas (47 percent), Oklahoma (46 percent) and Texas...
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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