THE OPEN March beans: 4 3/4 higher March meal: 4.20 higher March soyoil: 20 lower March corn: 2 1/2 higher March wheat: 7 1/2 lower The markets opened higher but found profit-taking in the soy complex, and lower prices for wheat. While prices were lower, they continued to find end-user pricing, short-covering, and buying interest given the continuing bullish aspects of the markets. At 10:00 export inspections were as follows: beans: 1,447,261 mt vs. 2,805,077 mt week ago (and vs. an expected 2,062,000 mt) wheat: 303,809 mt vs. 392,178 mt week ago (and vs. an expected 400,000 mt) corn: 993,710 mt vs. 770,122 mt week ago (and vs. an expected 825,000 mt) Corn inspections were up...
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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