Top 5 Things to Watch

By DTN Staff

OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of June 22. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com.

Note that all report release and webinar times are Central Daylight Savings Time unless otherwise noted.

1. DTN Ag Summit: Tuesday marks the next webinar in the DTN Ag Summit Series events. This one is focused on the "Future of the Cowherd." Join host and DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger for a well-rounded discussion of the U.S. cow herd numbers and growth expectations, plus a look at the physical herd condition and pasture, range and other feed considerations the herd will need going into the rest of 2025. Our guest presenter will be Oklahoma State University Livestock Marketing Specialist Darrell Peel, who will be joined by DTN staff presenters including Livestock Analyst ShayLe Stewart, Senior Livestock Editor Jennifer Carrico, and Ag Meteorologist John Baranick. The free event is from 10 a.m. to noon. To register, go here: https://www.dtn.com/….

2. Kansas wheat harvest: Combines are rolling in Kansas as the 2025 hard red winter wheat harvest there begins. We'll pass along daily updates courtesy of the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Grain and Feed Association and the Kansas Cooperative Council.

3. Strategy updates delayed: Weekly updates to DTN's Six Factor Strategies will be updated Monday, instead of the previous Friday, because of the delay of the CFTC's Commitment of Traders report following the Juneteenth market holiday on June 19. DTN customers know that the net noncommercial (trader) positions in grain markets are among the most watched of our Six Factors that guide our take on the market. Don't have access to our strategies? Go here for a trial subscription: https://www.dtn.com/….

4. Still wet around farm country: Following the weekend's heat dome across most of the Plains and Midwest, moisture will move north from the Gulf and continue through the week. Showers are likely from the Canadian Prairies down through the central Plains and upper Midwest. It appears another system will follow behind it through this coming weekend.

5. Economic reports to watch: Monday at 8:45 a.m. the S&P Flash U.S. Services and Manufacturing PMI for June data is released. At 9 a.m., Existing Home Sales numbers are released, followed at 10 a.m. by Grain Inspections. At 2 p.m. is the Chicken and Eggs report and the delayed Commitment of Traders report, then the weekly USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report, including DTN analysis, at 3 p.m. On Tuesday at 8 a.m. is the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for April, then at 9 a.m. the latest Consumer Confidence numbers for June and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell testifies to House Financial Services Committee. Wednesday New Home Sales (May) numbers hit at 9 a.m., followed by 9:30 a.m. release of EIA's weekly petroleum report, including ethanol production and stocks. At 2 p.m. the Broiler Hatchery and Poultry Slaughter numbers are out. Thursday reports begin at 7:30 a.m. with Grain Export Sales, GDP 1st Quarter, Advanced U.S. Trade Balance for May, Retail and Wholesale Inventories and Initial Jobless Claims data. At 9 a.m. we'll see Pending Home Sales and Durable-Goods Orders. At 10:30 a.m. the Weekly Economic Index data hits, then at 2 p.m. the Hogs and Pigs report and Slaughter Weekly data are released. Friday at 7:30 a.m. Personal Income and Spending for May, PCE Index and Core PCE Index data are out. At 9 a.m. we'll see Consumer Sentiment, then at 2 p.m., Agriculture Prices. At 2:30 p.m., CFTC's Commitment of Traders report comes out.

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