While it is still relatively early in the growing season, there is increasing concern about the impact heavy rains will have on key soybean-growing states in the U.S. Midwest and the crops already planted as well as those that are not. Indian Poultry and Feed Sectors Want to Import 1 MMT of Soymeal India's poultry and feed sectors have asked the government for permission to import at least 1 MMT of soymeal to better compete with the expected sharp increase in chicken leg quarters from the U.S. The WTO recently ruled India could not block imports of U.S. leg quarters, and the poultry industry expects this will result in a rising volume over the next several months. The corn industry also supported the request for soymeal imports, most like...
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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