SPREADS Sep. crush trades to 84.90c/bu while oilshare trades to 32.63%. July/Dec corn narrows into 14c from 14 1/2c while July/Sep trades from 5 1/4c to 5 1/2c. July/Nov beans narrows into 5c from 6c. July/Dec meal trades from $7.60 out to $8.30. PALM OIL Sep. up 4 ringgits to 2,360, closed 0.17% higher to 2,360 ringgits tracking strength in the Dalian which traded higher on the back of stockpiling worries with a second wave of infection from the virus. NEWS Stocks are up 58 pts with crude oil in the red trading down to $37.21/barrel. Big money covers shorts in the US dollar, which trades up to 97.25. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: 1 1/2-2 lower meal: .40-.80 lower so...
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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