Corn:
– Corn production forecast: 1.846 billion bushels (up 34 million from September)
Wheat:
– Wheat production forecast: 1.959 billion bushels (lowest estimate)
– Winter wheat production forecast: 1.360 million bushels
– Spring wheat production forecast: 535 million bushels (down 9 million from August)
Soybeans:
– Soybean production forecast: 347 million bushels (up 7 million from September)
– Soybean futures support at $10.11.75/bushel
– Soybean oil futures support at $43.32/cwt (100-day moving average)
Cattle:
– Cattle slaughter: 120,000 head (revised up from 107,000 on Monday)
– Carcass weights: Up 3.1 lbs from the previous week
– December cattle futures resistance at $184.70, then $187.00
Other Metrics:
– Coffee production: Colombia expects 13 million bags (up 15% from last year)
– Cotton: Hurricane Helene expected to make landfall as Category 3 storm
– Sugar: Unica report expected to show 6% production decline in the second half of August
– Natural gas: EIA storage report expected to show 53-57 BCF injection
– Stock index futures: Dow futures at new record highs (As of yesterday)
– Interest rates: 42% chance of 25 bps Fed rate cut in November, 58% chance of 50 bps cut
– Hog slaughter: 87,000 head (revised down from Monday)
– CME Hog Index: $84.29/cwt (down $0.07)
– Pork cutout value: Down $0.18
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