These quarterly stocks numbers have been critical market factors over the past several years when corn, soybean and wheat supplies were very tight. That will not be the case Tuesday as the U.S. is on the verge of harvesting the largest corn and soybean crops in history.USDA will release its 1 September quarterly stocks numbers Tuesday morning at 12 noon (EDT). As we have written many times, these quarterly numbers have been critical market factors over the past several years when corn, soybean and wheat supplies were very tight. The corn numbers have been especially important because they have been erratic from one quarter to the next with swings of 300 million bushels over or under the average of the trade estimates. That will not be the c...
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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