The current limited price action of both the corn and soybean markets is reflecting the lack of fresh market-moving inputs. Looking ahead at the next three months, however, there should be no shortage.Grain and soy futures market performance during the first 19 days of September and on the cusp of the fall harvest has not been very exciting. Corn and soybean futures prices have moved in different directions but not very far. December corn is down about 7 cents and November soybeans up about 12 cents since 1 September. Even the market’s reaction to this month’s WASDE, which included its second dose of higher-than-expected yield/production predictions for 2017 U.S. corn and soybeans, was quite mild compared with that immediately following the...
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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