Now that weather has faded from the market screens, there are other items to discuss. Among a few to start the week are shuttle train values, U.S. winter wheat acreage and the current status of U.S. exports.Now that weather has faded from the market screens, there are other items to discuss. Following are a few to start the week:
U.S. exports were poor six months ago with many ranges at just 50-60 percent of capacity. The Pacific Northwest (PNW) was especially slow, and corn exports to northern Asia were very slow. Most of the soybean export business was from the center Gulf, but that has now changed. The surge in corn exports combined with more soybean shipments from the PNW has tightened that range considerably, and it is now near capa...
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...
