The USDA WASDE report on May 12 featured shockingly low wheat production
numbers, especially for hard red winter wheat and the Kansas City futures
specifically. The months-long drought, combined with a series of frost events,
sent wheat production well below pre-report trade expectations. The market
reacted accordingly, with the already long managed money funds likely adding to
their tally by the end of Tuesday.
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The Wheat Quality Council holds its 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour in Kansas
this week, offering the world a glimpse at how badly drought conditions and
late-season freeze have affected this year's crop.
4^Scouts Tour Hard Winter Wheat This Week
The Wall Street Journal first reported that President Donald Trump would
sign an executive order to waive tariff-rate quotas for all beef imports into
the U.S. The move would allow importers to buy more foreign beef without facing
higher tariffs for 200 days. The order comes as beef imports are already
soaring compared to last year.
BTrump Delays Plan to Waive Beef Tariffs
USDA released its May Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and
Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.
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Very warm weather means surface moisture will evaporate before soaking
into the soil profile.
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