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The wheat complex is falling on Tuesday as USDA found a few more bushels in the production number this morning. CBT soft red wheat futures are down 11 to 12 ¼ cents at midday. KC HRW futures are slipping 11 to 12 ¼ cents as well. MPLS spring wheat futures...

Lean hog futures are trading with 90 cent to $1.30 losses across most contracts on Tuesday. Month end pressure may be a factor. USDA’s national base hog price from the Tuesday morning was up 47 cents from the day prior at $102.33. The CME Lean Hog Index was back down...

Looming funding cuts to the US food assistance program come as food prices continue to rise under Trump’s administration

Lean hog futures were mixed at the Monday close, with contracts 7 to 70 cents lower in the front months and deferreds up 2 to 35 cents. USDA’s national base hog prices from the Monday afternoon report was down 74 cents from the day prior at $102.44. The CME Lean...

The corn market closed out the Monday session with front months fractionally lower and contracts for September ’26 and beyond up ¾ to 1 ¾ cents. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was steady at $3.78 ¼ on Monday. The USDA reported private sales of 135,660 MT of corn...

Live cattle futures closed out the Monday session with contracts 15 cents to 47 cents lower. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off with Monday compiling showlists. Last week settled in at $232-235 in the North, with Southern action at $235-237. Feeder cattle futures were 30 to 80 cents...

As corn and soybean crop harvests begin, the USDA’s quarterly grain stocks report is the key data point to watch this week.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Monday closed up +0.15 (+0.95%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed up +1.30 (+0.28%). Sugar prices on Monday climbed to 1.5-week highs and settled higher as dollar weakness (DXY00 ) spurred short-covering in sugar futures. Last Tuesday, NY...

Corn futures are showing fractional losses so far on the Monday session. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is down 1/4 cent at $3.78. The USDA reported private sales of 135,660 MT of corn to Mexico for 2025/26, with 110,668 MT of corn sold to unknown destinations. This morning’s...