Agriculture News
Monthly Rural Mainstreet Index finds record low banker pessimism.
Kansas City Federal Reserve highlights district ag credit conditions.
Rural Mainstreet Index slips deeper into the red.
Basis firmed for corn, soybeans and SRW wheat.
Policymakers dial back rate cut expectations.
Market focus will remain on U.S. and global weather as traders await acreage and grain stocks data at the end of June.
USDA pegged winter wheat production at 1.875 billion bu., just below expectations along with new-crop wheat U.S. ending stocks. However, U.S. and global corn and soybean ending stocks were above pre-report estimates.
Corn and soybeans modestly rebounded from Tuesday’s losses overnight, while wheat pulled back from its corrective gains yesterday.
Corn, soybeans and wheat held in tight trading ranges during light, two-sided overnight price action.
The corn and spring wheat CCIs slipped from their initial ratings, while the first rating for soybeans was strong.