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Market Commentary: Holiday Thinned but Notable Trade

With no overnight trading for comparison and shortened trading hours today, volume was low and there were no dramatic shifts. Friday’s agricultural futures trading mostly reinforced current trends. Those include:Trading this week lopped off the most value from wheat and lean hogsThe March HRW contract has been down for five of the past six weeks and hit a new contract lowThe March HRS contract has declined in six of the past seven weeksCorn, live cattle and the soy complex all changed by a fraction of one percent, indicating stable fundamentals11292024MC_weekchange.png 22.23 KBThis has been somewhat consistent with the month of November, where all three wheats and soyoil took the biggest beatings. 11292024MC_Novchange.png 22.19 KBUSDA’...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.0325/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $4.985/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.3375/bushel, down $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $295.9/short ton, up $4...

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Market Commentary: Green Crop Fields Create Sea of Market Red

The CBOT was sharply lower on Tuesday as traders reacted to the USDA’s Crop Progress report, in which corn, soybean, and spring wheat conditions and development were highly favorable. That, combined with high corn yield and soybean pod count estimates from various crop tours sent the mark...

MAHA Draft Report Softens Pesticide Language

On 13 February President Trump signed Executive Order 14212 entitled “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA),” establishing the commission and charging it to submit an assessment on the status of the health of America, which was submitted on...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.0325/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $4.985/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.3375/bushel, down $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $295.9/short ton, up $4...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Green Crop Fields Create Sea of Market Red

The CBOT was sharply lower on Tuesday as traders reacted to the USDA’s Crop Progress report, in which corn, soybean, and spring wheat conditions and development were highly favorable. That, combined with high corn yield and soybean pod count estimates from various crop tours sent the mark...

MAHA Draft Report Softens Pesticide Language

On 13 February President Trump signed Executive Order 14212 entitled “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA),” establishing the commission and charging it to submit an assessment on the status of the health of America, which was submitted on...

Weaponizing Trade; De-Weaponizing MAHA

Weaponizing Trade Using trade to influence geopolitical outcomes is not new but its use has intensified. While some might use the U.S. as the cause of its escalation, the American reaction is more of a lag effect to pre-existing conditions. Australia and now Canada can attest that China’s...

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