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The Consumer Price Index rose .4% last month and in the last 12 months has increased 8.2%. This reinforces ideas the Fed will boost its benchmark funds rate another 75-basis points, but is there a silver lining?
Grains mixed on spread unwinding, with soybeans up on 21.7 mb of fresh export business. Hogs higher on strong exports. Cattle lower despite higher cash. Michelle Rook talks to Allison Thompson of The Money Farm.
Although lawmakers may try to cut SNAP benefits as part of the farm bill due in 2023, “we’re not going backwards,” said Senate Ag Committee chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.).
Consumer prices in the U.S. rose 0.4% on a monthly basis in September, the highest reading in three months, and twice the market expectation of a 0.2% gain.
Brian Splitt, AgMarket.Net, says: USDA cut export demand for corn, ethanol and soybeans. That’s going to be the theme — a lower crop but also demand.
Grains end mostly higher after a reversal in outside markets & Russia’s threat to exit the export deal. Livestock mostly lower, despite firm cash. Michelle Rook talks to Mike Zuzulo of Global Commodity Analytics.
Grains reverse with outside markets amid bearish CPI, talk of Russia exiting export deal. Livestock lower despite higher cash cattle trade. Michelle Rook talks with John Payne of Hedge Point Global Markets.
Early price pressure with risk off in outside markets after a bearish CPI numbers. Higher cash cattle trade may stabilize that market. Michelle Rook talks with Scott Varilek of Kooima Kooima Varilek.
Farmers fear some potential issues arising for USDA’s Emergency Relief Program (ERP) for the 2022 HRW wheat crop.
China is taking steps to accelerate imports of Brazilian corn, diversifying supply at a time when the war in Ukraine has disrupted trade and tensions with the U.S. are high.