US soybean market ready to rise
Since August, CME Group soybean oil futures have been locked in a 10¢-trading range. Near-record soybean production from the 2024 crop, coupled with the inauguration of US President Donald Trump and the transition away from green policies, has provided plenty of pressure for the oilseed byproduct. Yet, a barrage of bullish fundamentals has kept soybean...
IGC: Bumper corn crop expected in 2025-26
With a bumper corn crop expected, the International Grains Council (IGC) forecasts global grains production in the 2025-26 marketing year at a record 2.373 billion tonnes. In its April Grain Market Report, the IGC revised its corn output projection to a record 1.274 billion tonnes, while forecasts for wheat and rice remained roughly the same...
Tariffs provoke uncertainty for commodities as traders balk
Agriculture industry analysts say the constantly shifting landscape of US tariffs, retaliatory actions, reciprocal tariffs, and possible delays makes the uncertainty of the situation almost as bad as the tariffs themselves. “It gets very difficult to price a product,” said Tanner Ehmke, grains and oilseeds economist with CoBank. “Are we going to have a tariff...