Reactions to news headlines dominated Tuesday’s commodity trade with markets selling off in defensive, risk-off price action. As is discussed in more detail below and in nearby pages, bearish news hit the markets from the overnight collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland that closed the city’s port and from confirmation that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has crossed from birds to mammals, specifically dairy cattle in Texas. This prompted a sharp wave of selling in cattle futures and the broader economic and export concerns from the Port of Baltimore closure pressured grains. Funds were aggressive net sellers in the cattle markets and added to shorts in the grain complex ahead of this week’s USDA reports. Hi...
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