THE OPEN
March beans: 3 higher March meal: 2.90 higher March soyoil: 34 lower March corn: 1/2 higher March wheat: 7 1/2 higher
The markets opened as expected with wheat making new highs at the start of the day on news that the Russian Ag Ministry proposed a plan to implement a first half 2020 grain export quota system. This is a story that is always supportive for wheat and drove the market to trading range highs today. Corn tried to follow but, once again, found pressure as it neared the upper end of its trading range. Wheat became the story of the day, as corn prices and other markets faded from beginning strength, with oilshare seeing support at recent lows. SOY The soy complex opened as called with more buying surfacing in b...
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...
