First Thing Today
This morning report highlights the overnight trading session and key domestic and global developments impacting markets.
Trump pulls back plans to ease beef import tariffs
Highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit later this week
Grain futures bulls limping into the weekend
Grain traders may be over-reacting to big drop in crude oil prices
Strong losses in crude oil on reports war could end soon.
U.S. corn acres may be as much as 2 million lower, beans up to 2 million higher: Pro Farmer consultant
Cool and wet in much of Midwest, Plains early this week
Corn, beans, wheat prices trending up; traders now pondering weather markets
Weekly USDA export sales on deck
Federal Reserve expected to hold U.S. monetary policy steady
Fed policy meeting begins this morning
Weekly USDA export inspections, crop progress reports on deck
Corn futures poke to three-week high
Soybean meal once again an anchor weighing down soybeans
Stormy, windy in the Midwest, Plains states the next couple days
Latest USDA crop progress data shows deteriorating U.S. wheat crop
Risk-off mentality to start the trading week
Another active weather day in the Plains, Midwest
Soybeans get no lasting traction from record-high March NOPA crush
U.S. gasoline, diesel retail prices at seasonal record highs