SPREADS Dec crush trades close to contract lows at 74c/bu while oilshare is a steady 32.55%. Corn spreads are weaker today as harvest resumes, with Dec/March trading out to 10 1/4c from 9 1/2c. Dec 19/Dec 20 corn trades back out to 13 1/2c from 10 1/2. Nov/Jan beans weaken out to 14 1/2c from 14 1/4c, while Jan/March trades from 10c to 10 1/2. Dec /March wheat trades from 4 1/2c to 6 1/2c. PALM OIL Dec up 9 ringgits with cash offers unchanged at $527.50/mt. SGS estimated palm oil exports for FH Oct. at 659,437 mt, off 5.9% from their Sep 1-15 estimates. NEWS The Dow is up 75 pts. with crude oil values trading down to $52.39/barrel, and the US dollar higher at 98.58. CALLS Calls today are as f...
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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