SPREADS Sep wheat/corn spreads finished the day at contract lows Tuesday, indicating further weakness could be ahead. This morning, Sep wheat/corn trades from 67c down to 63 3/4c. The Dec/Dec corn inverse strengthens back up to 16 1/2c after trading down to 10c where it found more buying interest and short-covering. Dec/March corn trades from 8 1/2c to 9c. Sep/Nov beans trade from 11 3/4c to 12 1/4c. Sep/Dec wheat trades from 9 1/4c to 11 1/4c. Sep crush is a steady affair still at 95c/bu while oilshare trades higher to 31.39%. PALM OIL - up 25 ringgits NEWS Bonds are firmer this morning with equities lower. Crude oil remains firm with prices at $57.27/barrel, and the US dollar...
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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...