Supply While the global supply of oilseeds and products is tight, it could get tighter or looser. The least likely factor to reduce demand and thus loosen supply constraints is Omicron. While pandemic specialists are still trying to figure out the direction of this version of the bug, markets have become experienced and there wasn’t much impact when COVID first arrived. The reduction in the growth in global soyoil and soymeal demand occurred before COVID hit. The biggest impact from COVID has been where and how food is consumed, not in sudden food rationing.
This week’s NOPA report showed a slightly lower U.S. crush, and a decline in soyoil stocks, the first such drop in five months. Plants decided to clear some invent...
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...
