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Cattle Back to Rally Mode on Wednesday

Live cattle futures are trading with $4 to $5.30 gains in the front months. Cash trade has seen some $260 sales in the South early this week. The Wednesday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed $260-261.50 sales on 552 of the 1,104 head offered. Feeder cattle futures are up...

Wheat Slipping Back on Wednesday’s Midday

The wheat complex is showing a modest correction on Wednesday following the Tuesday limit gains. Chicago SRW is down 1 to 2 cents at midday. KC HRW futures are 2 to 4 cents in the red so far. MPLS spring wheat is slipping back with fractional losses in the front...

Corn Showing Midday Wednesday Gains as Ethanol Production Improve

Corn futures are trading with 1 to 2 cent gains so far on Wednesday. There were 36 deliveries against May futures overnight. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up 2 cents to $4.41. Weekly EIA data from this morning showed a 65,000 barrel per day hike in ethanol...

Soybeans Trading with Wednesday Gains Ahead of Trump/Xi Visit

Soybeans are posting with 4 to 7 cent gains across most contracts on Wednesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 6 1/4 cents at $11.67. Soymeal futures are up $6.10 to $8.10, with Soy Oil futures 48 points lower in the July contract. President Trump landed in...

Analysis: Trump finally gets his man at the Fed. Will Kevin Warsh disappoint him?

Kevin Warsh received the fewest votesTKTK of any Fed chair in history. Will it cripple him?

Beer demand stumbles as gas prices surge, data show

U.S. beer sales slump as higher gas prices squeeze consumers, with convenience stores and high-fuel-cost states seeing the sharpest declines.

Kevin Warsh wins Senate confirmation as the next Federal Reserve chair

In the most divisive vote ever for a Fed chair, Warsh, 56, won confirmation to take over for Jerome Powell.

D-Wave Earnings Looked Weak, But Investors May Be Missing This

QBTS, IONQ, RGTI

Earnings season is a pivotal moment for many stocks, but particularly for firms in a fledgling industry like quantum computing. When major player IonQ Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) reported results for the first quarter of 2026 in early May, investors took note of promising revenue growth,

Crude Oil Slides Sharply As Trump-Xi Meeting Sparks Expectations Of End To Gulf War

(RTTNews) - Partially offsetting the gains from the two previous sessions, crude oil prices have pulled back on Wednesday as the upcoming negotiations between the presidents of the U.S. and China have increased expectations of an end to the U.S.-Iran standoff despite OPEC and IEA

Expectations for Global Sugar Deficits Push Prices Sharply Higher

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) today is up +0.33 (+2.20%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +12.40 (+2.81%). Sugar prices rallied sharply today at 1-week highs amid an outlook for tighter global sugar supplies. Consultant Datagro today raised its 2026/27 global sugar surplus...