When January 2012 comes to an end a week from today, we will have gone through the first five months of the U.S. corn and soybean statistical crop year and eight months of U.S. wheat's crop year. This makes it a pretty good time to look at the pace of U.S. grain and soy exports to see how they measure with USDA's forecasts. Official export volumes are based on U.S. Census Bureau data which is presently available only through November, but by using data on shipments thereafter compiled by FGIS plus our estimates for the balance of each crop year, we should be able to come up with reasonable estimates of exports for the statistical crop year as a whole. This should give us a basis for judging how well USDA's forecasts of annual export volum...
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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