It is mid-July which is usually the beginning of the "dog days of summer" in the U.S. The July WASDE has come and gone with the expected lack of major surprises. The current "dog days" heat wave affecting the Eastern U.S. is getting much press attention primarily, we suppose, because so much of the national press is located in this region and is sweating it out along with the rest of us. Since the eastern heat wave is not touching major crop production areas, it should not have much impact on U.S. crop production for 2013.Nevertheless, weather is front and center as far as grain and soy markets are concerned. The ghost of the 2012 summer drought is still haunting markets except perhaps for the Southwestern Plains where there is nothing 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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