Markets opened sharply lower with a mid-session effort at a comeback that wasn’t sustainable. The speculators for the most part have evaporated but there may still be too much stock in a crop saving weather reversal. The pendulum tends to over-swing and today’s IGC report reinforces that the fundamentals still require respect. With today being mostly red across the board (except Feeder Cattle?!), it was the third straight day that next week’s brief weather improvement has pushed corn and soybeans lower. Wheat is still hanging on to some of Monday’s larger gain.
The weather forecast remains intact. Heat relief starts this weekend with isolated showers, followed by more scattered showers and cooling tem...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...