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Market Commentary: Mostly Higher on Weather

After days of flat to faltering closes, corn and soybeans have now rebounded the past two days, and today wheat joined the rally. In two days, July corn has gained 13 cents and July soybeans are up 36 cents.  USDA’s Export Sales report showed old crop washouts and lower actual exports. Old crop wheat export sales are trending down as buyers switch to 2024/25 supplies. New soybean commitments were up, but exports at 269,100 MT were at a marketing year low. Old crop soymeal sales were down, but new crop sales were up. Soyoil purchases and exports were both lower.  Weather whipsaws the market as rains are either too much, too little, or in the U.S. just about right. On the bearish side is a trough in the middle of the...

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Market Commentary: A Breather in the Market

There was little pushing the market one way or another today, other than a sense that things had been pushed high enough for now. The open was mostly higher but that softened not long after the open. The run-up in prices last week led to farmer selling, and so this was a third day of selling co...

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Livestock Roundup: Pork Demand Rebound

Going into the summer, a big question for meat has been: how will consumer demand hold up? This is especially the case with steadily increasing beef prices.   The pork cutout trends show that pork demand has improved, which is a positive sign going into June and July when the cutout i...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 24 Corn closed at $4.57/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Wheat closed at $6.6325/bushel, down $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Soybeans closed at $12.1625/bushel, up $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Soymeal closed at $367.7/short ton, down $4 f...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: A Breather in the Market

There was little pushing the market one way or another today, other than a sense that things had been pushed high enough for now. The open was mostly higher but that softened not long after the open. The run-up in prices last week led to farmer selling, and so this was a third day of selling co...

livestock

Livestock Roundup: Pork Demand Rebound

Going into the summer, a big question for meat has been: how will consumer demand hold up? This is especially the case with steadily increasing beef prices.   The pork cutout trends show that pork demand has improved, which is a positive sign going into June and July when the cutout i...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 24 Corn closed at $4.57/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Wheat closed at $6.6325/bushel, down $0.025 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Soybeans closed at $12.1625/bushel, up $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Soymeal closed at $367.7/short ton, down $4 f...

China Retaliation?; WTO Dispute System Not Urgent

China Retaliation? The assumption is that China will retaliate against U.S. agriculture for any new tariffs applied to Chinese goods by President Biden under Section 301. But at least one American expert on China doesn’t think that is a given. Under this construct, Beijing views the new t...

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