Soybeans Continue Lower Through Midweek

Soybeans traded down overnight, while early morning buying ran into technical related selling that kept the market under pressure into the close. Soybeans finished 7-9 cents lower, and the meal market gave back all of the early week gains. Commodity fund traders were estimated sellers of 8,500 soybean and 4,500 soymeal contracts, and bought 5,000…

Hogs Turn Down At Midweek

Early strength in the hog market quickly ran into resistance that held through the morning, while late day selling took hog futures lower into the close. At the end of the day, June had given back almost half of Tuesday’s gains. The lean index on Wednesday was down $.33 at $60.16 and projected another $.23…

Afternoon Weather Update

Central US Forecast Includes Snow, Lingering Wet Weather Next 10 Days: The overall US pattern through the middle of May is unchanged from prior runs. Heavy rainfall (and some snow) is expected through late next week, and a cooler than normal temp profile looks to be maintained throughout the period beginning later this week. The…