Brazil Soy Crop Keeps Declining The size of the Brazilian soybean crop seems to decline with each passing week. Most estimates by government and private analysts are now at least 12 MMT below earlier forecasts of around 125 MMT, and some have it much smaller than that. USDA’s estimate of last week was 117 MMT, but it is normally cautious about lowering its projections, and a further decrease next month is likely. Oil World has reduced its forecast to 113.5 MMT but suggests the total may be even lower. (It also expects the crop in Paraguay to be no more than 8.4 MMT versus 9.95 MMT a year ago.) This week the Brazilian consulting firm AgRural lowered its forecast for the same soybean crop by almost 4.5 MMT to 112.5 MMT, which would be...
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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