There were several developments this week that were of interest to both the markets and producers.
Soybean export sales activity has been increasing rapidly. USDA has made daily sales announcements, mostly to China and unknown, in 14 of the last 17 business days. Outstanding export sales and accumulated shipments to that country now stand at 7.3 MMT just one week into the new marketing year versus 9.9 MMT at this time last year. USDA has already announced 980,000 MT of export sales that will be included in next Thursday’s weekly report. Those in the unknown category still lag last year by 4 MMT, but that gap should also start to narrow quickly. The initial crop revenue insurance price guarantee calculation period for the 2018 hard red w...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
