Egypt's GASC had a very busy week with two tenders and surprising purchases of wheat from France and the U.S. It bought 180,000 MT of French wheat at an average price of $247.40/MT CNF and 55,000 MT of U.S. soft red winter wheat at $244.42/MT CNF.
News Updates Russia announced that its August grain exports have reached the highest level in 10 years at approximately 4.2 MMT. It stated that the major destination was Turkey (18 percent), followed by Egypt (13 percent), Iran (10 percent), South Africa (5 percent) and Israel (5 percent). As a further point, up to 90 percent of the shipments out of the Black Sea are said to be grains. MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Reports in Iran indicate that the government has purchased a lar...
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...