Over this past week, soybeans have gone up 50 cents in value and fallen 50 cents in value. Today, they appear to be falling again. Unlike wheat, the volatility cannot be fully blamed on Russia and its war on Ukraine, though sunseed is involved. Instead, it is a lot of known unknowns, to quote a former Defense secretary. Weather remains a mixed bag with a good monsoon expected in India but drought continuing to burden Europe. Despite suboptimal weather in Argentina, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange increased its estimate for soybean production by 1.3 MMT to a total of 43.3 MMT. Moreover, the quality level was deemed 1 percent better than previously assessed. Weather in the U.S. appears to have settled down but is not benign. Then there is Eur...
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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