The ongoing conference in Indonesia organized by the U.S. Soybean Export Council and the U.S. Grains Council has featured major discussions about the outlook for U.S. – China trade dispute. Specifically, attendees (of which this analyst is one) are estimating the trade war’s impact on soybean and soymeal supplies to Southeast Asia. The region is a large importer of soybeans and soymeal from the U.S., as well as Argentina and Brazil, but had its normal sourcing pattern greatly disrupted this year by the drought in Argentina and China’s shift in soybean procurement. Without question, Southeast Asia will procure a greater volume of those commodities from the U.S. next year. One speaker on Monday was a top official from...
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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