The CBOT day session opened one hour late on Tuesday, 2 October 2007 due to technical problems. According to WPI's Bob Kohlmeyer: It was clear that professional and institutional investors and funds were paring long positions in a variety of markets, so it was expected they would do the same in agricultural futures. There was already plenty of selling pressure building before the CBOT opening. When the opening was delayed an hour, the pressure intensified. When markets did finally open, waves of sell orders quickly drove many contracts down their respective daily limits...
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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