SPREADS Corn spreads are firming with Dec/March narrowing back into 8 1/2c as the official roll for Dec contracts begins tomorrow. Dec 19/Dec 20 corn narrows into 17 3/4c from 20 1/4c. Jan/March beans widens out to 13c from 12 3/4c. Dec/March meal trades into $5.80 from $5.90, and values that were out to $6.80 at one point. Dec/March soyoil is trading 48/49 pts. Dec. crush trades up to 87c/bu while oilshare trades higher to 34.43%. PALM OIL Jan palm oil trades up 2.8% on the day. a poll of analysts expects Oct. palm oil production to be around 1.88 mmt when the data is released Nov 11 by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. The survey expects exports for the month at an estimated 1.59 mmt, u...
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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