Today's USDA Stocks Report found total U.S. soybean supplies on 1 March did not quite meet the average analyst estimate but showed an impressive change against a year ago. Soybean and Sunflower Plantings to Increase, While Canola and Cotton to Decline As expected, today's USDA Prospective Plantings Report indicated U.S. farmers intend to expand soybean and sunflower plantings but reduce those for canola and cotton. However, the report suggested soybean plantings will increase by less than the average analyst estimate and total 84.635 million acres in 2015. That would be an increase of 934,000 acres (+1.1 percent) over last year and the highest ever for any year. The average plantings estimate of analysts polled by Reuters was 85.87 millio...
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...
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